Jump to content

Shinji Kagawa: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Club career: Removed garbage about Kagawa signing for the Manure scum.
m r2.6.4) (Robot: Modifying ar:شينجي كاغاوا
Line 356: Line 356:
[[Category:Japanese expatriates in Germany]]
[[Category:Japanese expatriates in Germany]]


[[ar:شينجي كاغوا]]
[[ar:شينجي كاغاوا]]
[[cs:Shinji Kagawa]]
[[cs:Shinji Kagawa]]
[[da:Shinji Kagawa]]
[[da:Shinji Kagawa]]

Revision as of 04:30, 12 October 2011

Shinji Kagawa
香川真司
Kagawa with Borussia Dortmund in 2011
Personal information
Full name Shinji Kagawa
Date of birth (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Second striker
Team information
Current team
Borussia Dortmund
Number 23
Youth career
2001–2005 FC Miyagi Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Cerezo Osaka 125 (55)
2010– Borussia Dortmund 25 (9)
International career
2007 Japan U18 3 (1)
2006–2008 Japan U19 8 (2)
2007 Japan U20 6 (0)
2008 Japan U23 6 (1)
2008– Japan 25 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2011

Shinji Kagawa (香川 真司, Kagawa Shinji) (born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He previously played for Cerezo Osaka. He has been capped by Japan at international level.

Club career

Kagawa started playing football in his primary school years. He joined Kobe NK Football Club and later moved to FC Miyagi Barcelona in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.[1] Cerezo Osaka quickly noticed his talent and signed him at the age of 17. He was the first player in Japan to sign a professional contract before graduating high school, except players promoted from youth teams of the J. League clubs.[citation needed]

In 2007 season, he gained a regular position but the club missed the promotion to the J. League Division 1.

On 23 August 2010, he made his debut appearance in the German Bundesliga, starting for his new club Borussia Dortmund. After scoring his first two competitive goals for the club in the Europa League qualifying tie against Qarabağ Ağdam, he continued this form with his first goal in the Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg, which Dortmund won 2–0.[2] In the Revierderby against archrival Schalke 04, which Dortmund won 3-1, Kagawa said pre-match that he would score two goals, he then went on to score twice, making him one of the fans' favorites.[3].

International career

Kagawa played as a member of the Japan national under-20 football team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.

In 2008 he was also selected to play as a member of the Japanese team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 24 May 2008 he made his senior international debut in a friendly Kirin Cup match. Japan won the match against Côte d'Ivoire 1–0. He was not selected in Takeshi Okada's final 23 squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In September 2010 he scored the only goal of the game in Japan's 1–0 win over Paraguay in Yokohama.[4] It took Kagawa five long months to rehab his injury from the AFC Asia Cup. He returned in Dortmund's final game as a substitute in the 87th minute.

2011 AFC Asian Cup

He was included in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup by coach Alberto Zaccheroni. In the quarterfinals against Qatar, he scored 2 goals. The game ended 3-2, a win for Japan. In the semifinal against South Korea, Kagawa broke his metatarsal by himself [5] and missed the final where Japan beat Australia after extra-time.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 August 2011[6][7]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Other4 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerezo Osaka 2006 J1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2007 J2 35 5 1 2 - - - 36 7
2008 35 16 0 0 - - - 35 16
2009 44 27 0 0 - - - 44 27
2010 J1 11 7 - 1 0 - - 12 7
Total 125 55 1 2 1 0 - - 127 57
Borussia Dortmund 2010–11 Bundesliga 18 8 2 0 - 8 4 - 28 12
2011–12 6 1 1 1 - 1 0 1 0 9 2
Total 24 9 3 1 - 9 4 1 0 37 14
Career total 149 64 4 3 1 0 9 4 1 0 164 71
1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes UEFA Europa League qualification and UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League.
4Includes DFL-Supercup.

International

As of 6 September 2011

Awards and honours

Japan

Club

Germany Borussia Dortmund

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Shinji Kagawa – Player's History" (in Japanese). J-League Pro-Footballers Association. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Ballack injured as 10-man Hanover hold Bayer". Bangkok Post. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Schalke 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: Prophetic Kagawa At The Double For BVB". Goal.com. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  4. ^ Japan 1–0 Paraguay: Shinji Kagawa Strike Gives Blue Samurai Measure Of Revenge Goal.com, 4 September 2010
  5. ^ Injured Shinji Kagawa could be out for the season ESPN.com, 26 January 2011
  6. ^ Japan - Shinji Kagawa - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
  7. ^ Shinji Kagawa > Club matches worldfootball.net
  8. ^ a b c "ポルトガル遠征". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  9. ^ "国際親善試合 ~北京で勝つための戦いが、始まる。~ U-23日本代表 対 アンゴラ代表". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  10. ^ "国際親善試合 U-23日本代表 対 U-23オーストラリア代表 ゲームレポート". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  11. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2008 ~ALL FOR 2010!~ U-23日本代表 対 U-23アルゼンチン代表 ゲームレポート". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  12. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2008 日本 1–1 アラブ首長国連邦代表". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  13. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2008 日本 3–1 シリア". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  14. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2009 日本 5–1 フィンランド". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  15. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2010 日本 0–0 ベネズエラ". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  16. ^ "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2010 日本 1–0 パラグアイ". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  17. ^ "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2010 日本 2–1 グアテマラ". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  18. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2010_1008_アルゼンチン". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  19. ^ "国際親善試合2010_1012_韓国". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  20. ^ "Japan vs. Korea Republic". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

Template:Persondata