Reigning J. League Player of the Year Shunsuke Nakamura has ruled out the possibility of coming out of international retirement and is fully focused on his club career with Yokohama F. Marinos.
The 35-year-old, who helped Marinos win the Emperor's Cup and finish runnersup in the J. League last season, retired from international soccer after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but there have been calls for a Japan return after he became the first two-time winner of the J. League MVP in 2013.
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni did not rule out asking Nakamura to rejoin the national team fold when asked by reporters at the end of last year whether he would consider selecting the former Reggina, Celtic and Espanyol playmaker.