Shinji Okazaki

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Shinji Okazaki
Personal information
Full name:	Shinji Okazaki
Date of birth:	16 April 1986 (1986-04-16)
Place of birth:	Hyōgo, Japan
Height:	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1/2 in)
Playing position:	Striker
Club information
Current club	Cartagena
Number:	12
Youth clubs
2002–2004	Takigawa Daini High School
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2005–2010 2011–2013 2013–2015 2015–2019 2019 2019–2021 2021–	Shimizu S-Pulse VfB Stuttgart 1. FSV Mainz 05 Leicester City Málaga CF Huesca Cartagena	121 00(42) 063 00(10) 065 00(27) 114 00(14) 000 00(0) 062 0(13) 000 00(0)
National team
2007–2008 2008–	Japan U23 Japan	014 00(1) 119 0(50)

Shinji Okazaki (born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Segunda División club Cartagena and the Japan national team as a forward or attacking midfielder.

Internationally, he is currently the top active Japan national team goalscorer and third all-time in team history with 50 goals. He won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016.

Honours

Club

Leicester City

• Premier League: 2015–16

SD Huesca

• Segunda División: 2019–20

International

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 2011

Individual

• J.League Best XI: 2009
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 2009
• AFC International Footballer of the Year: 2016
• Premier League Milestones Awards: 100 appearances

External links

• Shinji Okazaki profile at Soccerbase
• Shinji Okazaki profile at Transfermarkt

Template:FC Cartagena squad

Japan – 2010 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

Manager:   [[]]

Japan – 2011 AFC Asian Cup – Knockout stage

1. Kawashima 2. Inoha 3. Iwamasa 4. Konno 5. Nagatomo 6. Uchida 7. Endō 8. Matsui 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Maeda 12. Moriwaki 13. Hosogai 14. Fujimoto 15. T. Honda 16. Kashiwagi 17. Hasebe (c) 18. K. Honda 19. Lee 20. Nagata 21. Nishikawa 22. Yoshida 23. Gonda Manager:   Alberto Zaccheroni

Japan – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Kawashima 2. Inoha 3. G. Sakai 4. Honda 5. Nagatomo 6. Uchida 7. Endō 8. Kiyotake 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Havenaar 12. Nishikawa 13. Hosogai 14. Nakamura 15. Konno 16. Kurihara 17. Hasebe (c) 18. Maeda 19. Inui 20. Takahashi 21. H. Sakai 22. Yoshida 23. Gonda Manager:   Alberto Zaccheroni

Japan – 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Knockout stage

1. Kawashima 2. Ueda 3. Ota 4. Honda 5. Nagatomo 6. Morishige 7. Endō 8. Kiyotake 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Toyoda 12. Nishikawa 13. Kobayashi 14. Muto 15. Konno 16. Shiotani 17. Hasebe (c) 18. Inui 19. Shoji 20. Shibasaki 21. Sakai 22. Yoshida 23. Higashiguchi Manager:   Javier Aguirre

Japan – 2018 FIFA World Cup

1. Kawashima 2. Ueda 3. Shoji 4. Honda 5. Nagatomo 6. Endo 7. Shibasaki 8. Haraguchi 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Usami 12. Higashiguchi 13. Mutō 14. Inui 15. Osako 16. Yamaguchi 17. Hasebe (c) 18. Oshima 19. H. Sakai 20. Makino 21. G. Sakai 22. Yoshida 23. Nakamura Manager:   Akira Nishino

Japan – 2019 AFC Asian Cup – Runners-up

1. Higashiguchi 2. Miura 3. Muroya 4. Sasaki 5. Nagatomo 6. Endo 7. Shibasaki 8. Haraguchi 9. Minamino 10. Inui 11. Gonda 12. Muto 13. Ito 14. Osako 15. Tomiyasu 16. Aoyama 17. Shiotani 18. Sakai 19. Makino 20. Doan 21. Yoshida 22. Schmidt Manager:   Hajime Moriyasu