#8 Shinji Kagawa

Cerezo Osaka

J1 League League level: Japan

First Tier Joined: Feb 1, 2023 Contract expires: Jan 31, 2025

Date of birth/Age: Mar 17, 1989 (35)
Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo
Citizenship: Japan

Height: 1,75 m
Position: Attacking Midfield
Agent: UDN SPORTS

Former International: Japan
Caps/Goals: 97 / 31

€450k

Last update: Feb 22, 2024

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Japan
10		Japan	May 24, 2008	97	31	Takeshi Okada	19 years 02 months 07 days
	Japan U23
-		Japan U23	-	5	1
	Japan U20
-		Japan U20	-	6	-
	Japan U17
-		Japan U17	-	-	-
	Japan Olympic
14		Japan Olympic Team	Aug 7, 2008	3	-	Yasuharu Sorimachi	19 years 04 months 21 days

Stats of Shinji Kagawa

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Total :			97	31	20	-	19	40	2	-	-	2	220'	6.817'
	International Friendlies	47	16	10	-	11	23	1	-	-	1	189'	3.016'
	World Cup qualification	28	10	4	-	4	8	1	-	-	-	214'	2.135'
	AFC Asian Cup	9	3	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	271'	812'
	World Cup	6	1	1	-	1	4	-	-	-	1	436'	436'
	Confederations Cup	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'	270'
	East Asian Football Championship	2	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	33'
	Asian Cup qualification	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	115'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	May 24, 2008	Japan	Ivory Coast	1:0					75'		15'
		Saitama, Saitama	May 27, 2008	Japan	Paraguay	0:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 2, 2008	Japan	Oman	3:0				84'	72'		18'
	Group 2	Muscat	Jun 7, 2008	Oman	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	Bangkok	Jun 14, 2008	Thailand	Japan	0:3	AM					82'	82'
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 22, 2008	Japan	Bahrain	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 20, 2008	Japan	Uruguay	1:3	Olympiaabstellung
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Manama	Sep 6, 2008	Bahrain	Japan	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Oct 9, 2008	Japan	U. A. E.	1:1		1			70'		20'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Saitama, Saitama	Oct 15, 2008	Japan	Uzbekistan	1:1	AM					76'	76'
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Nov 13, 2008	Japan	Syria	3:1				77'	46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Doha	Nov 19, 2008	Qatar	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	Jan 20, 2009	Japan	Yemen	2:1	AM					88'	88'
	Group A	Manama	Jan 28, 2009	Bahrain	Japan	1:0					63'		27'
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Feb 4, 2009	Japan	Finland	5:1	LM	1				81'	81'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Feb 11, 2009	Japan	Australia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 28, 2009	Japan	Bahrain	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	May 27, 2009	Japan	Chile	4:0	RM				83'		7'
		Tokyo	May 31, 2009	Japan	Belgium	4:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Tashkent	Jun 6, 2009	Uzbekistan	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 10, 2009	Japan	Qatar	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Melbourne	Jun 17, 2009	Australia	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Enschede	Sep 5, 2009	Netherlands	Japan	3:0	Not in squad
		Utrecht	Sep 9, 2009	Japan	Ghana	4:3	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	Oct 8, 2009	Japan	Hong Kong	6:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Oct 10, 2009	Japan	Scotland	2:0	Not in squad
		Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Oct 14, 2009	Japan	Togo	5:0	Not in squad
			Nov 14, 2009	South Africa	Japan	0:0	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	So Kon Po, Wanchai	Nov 18, 2009	Hong Kong	Japan	0:4	Not in squad
	Group A	Sanaa	Jan 6, 2010	Yemen	Japan	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Feb 2, 2010	Japan	Venezuela	0:0	LW				84'		6'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Feb 6, 2010	Japan	China	0:0	on the bench
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 11, 2010	Japan	Hong Kong	3:0					76'		14'
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 14, 2010	Japan	South Korea	1:3					26'	46'	19'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Toyota	Mar 3, 2010	Japan	Bahrain	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Apr 7, 2010	Japan	Serbia	0:3	Not in squad
		Saitama, Saitama	May 24, 2010	Japan	South Korea	0:2	on the bench
		Graz	May 30, 2010	England	Japan	2:1	on the bench
		Sion	Jun 4, 2010	Ivory Coast	Japan	2:0	on the bench
	World Cup 2010
	Group E	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 14, 2010	Japan	Cameroon	1:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Durban	Jun 19, 2010	Netherlands	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	Group E		Jun 24, 2010	Denmark	Japan	1:3	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Pretoria	Jun 29, 2010	Paraguay	Japan	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 4, 2010	Japan	Paraguay	1:0	LW	1				90'	90'
		Osaka, Osaka	Sep 7, 2010	Japan	Guatemala	2:1	LM		1			66'	66'
		Saitama, Saitama	Oct 8, 2010	Japan	Argentina	1:0	LW					77'	77'
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2010	South Korea	Japan	0:0	LW					72'	72'
	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B	Doha	Jan 9, 2011	Japan	Jordan	1:1	LW						90'
	Group B	Doha	Jan 13, 2011	Syria	Japan	1:2	LM					65'	65'
	Group B	Al Rayyan	Jan 17, 2011	Saudi Arabia	Japan	0:5	LM		1				90'
	Quarter-Finals	Doha	Jan 21, 2011	Japan	Qatar	3:2	LW	2	1			90'	90'
	Semi-Finals	Doha	Jan 25, 2011	Japan	South Korea	5:3 on pens	LM					87'	87'
	Final	Doha	Jan 29, 2011	Australia	Japan	0:1 AET	Metatarsal fracture
	International Friendlies
			Jun 1, 2011	Japan	Peru	0:0	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 7, 2011	Japan	Czechia	0:0	Not in squad
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 10, 2011	Japan	South Korea	3:0	LW	2				85'	85'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 2, 2011	Japan	North Korea	1:0	LW						90'
	Group C	Tashkent	Sep 6, 2011	Uzbekistan	Japan	1:1	LW						90'
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Oct 7, 2011	Japan	Vietnam	1:0	LW					46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Osaka, Osaka	Oct 11, 2011	Japan	Tajikistan	8:0	LM	2					90'
	Group C	Dushanbe	Nov 11, 2011	Tajikistan	Japan	0:4	LW		1				90'
	Group C		Nov 15, 2011	North Korea	Japan	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Feb 24, 2012	Japan	Iceland	3:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Toyota	Feb 29, 2012	Japan	Uzbekistan	0:1	AM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	May 23, 2012	Japan	Azerbaijan	2:0	LW	1				62'	62'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 3, 2012	Japan	Oman	3:0	LW		1				90'
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 8, 2012	Japan	Jordan	6:0	LW	1					90'
	Group 2	Brisbane	Jun 12, 2012	Australia	Japan	1:1	LW					90'	90'
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 15, 2012	Japan	Venezuela	1:1	LW						90'
			Sep 6, 2012	Japan	U. A. E.	1:0	LW					46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 11, 2012	Japan	Iraq	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2012	France	Japan	0:1	LW	1					90'
		Wroclaw	Oct 16, 2012	Japan	Brazil	0:4	LW						90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Muscat	Nov 14, 2012	Oman	Japan	1:2	Knee injury
	International Friendlies
			Feb 6, 2013	Japan	Latvia	3:0	LW		2				90'
		Doha	Mar 22, 2013	Canada	Japan	1:2	AM						90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Amman	Mar 26, 2013	Jordan	Japan	2:1	AM	1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	May 30, 2013	Japan	Bulgaria	0:2	LW						90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 4, 2013	Japan	Australia	1:1	LW						90'
	Group 2	Doha	Jun 11, 2013	Iraq	Japan	0:1	AM						90'
	Confederations Cup 2013
	Group A	Brasília	Jun 15, 2013	Brazil	Japan	3:0	LW						90'
	Group A	Recife	Jun 20, 2013	Italy	Japan	4:3	LW	1					90'
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Jun 22, 2013	Japan	Mexico	1:2	LW						90'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 21, 2013	Japan	China	3:3	Not in squad
	group A1	Hwaseong, Gyeonggi	Jul 25, 2013	Japan	Australia	3:2	Not in squad
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 28, 2013	South Korea	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Aug 14, 2013	Japan	Uruguay	2:4	LW	1					90'
		Osaka, Osaka	Sep 6, 2013	Japan	Guatemala	3:0	AM		1			75'	75'
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 10, 2013	Japan	Ghana	3:1	LW	1				85'	85'
		Novi Sad	Oct 11, 2013	Serbia	Japan	2:0	LW					86'	86'
		Zhodino	Oct 15, 2013	Belarus	Japan	1:0	LW						90'
		Genk	Nov 16, 2013	Japan	Netherlands	2:2	LW				46'		45'
		Brüssel	Nov 19, 2013	Belgium	Japan	2:3	LW					82'	82'
		Tokyo	Mar 5, 2014	Japan	New Zealand	4:2	LW	1	1			79'	79'
		Saitama, Saitama	May 27, 2014	Japan	Cyprus	1:0	LW						90'
			Jun 3, 2014	Costa Rica	Japan	1:3	LW	1					90'
			Jun 7, 2014	Japan	Zambia	4:3	LW	1				78'	78'
	World Cup 2014
	Group C	Recife	Jun 15, 2014	Ivory Coast	Japan	2:1	LW					86'	86'
	Group C		Jun 20, 2014	Japan	Greece	0:0	LW				57'		33'
	Group C		Jun 24, 2014	Japan	Colombia	1:4	LW					85'	85'
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Sep 5, 2014	Japan	Uruguay	0:2	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 9, 2014	Japan	Venezuela	2:2	Not in squad
			Oct 10, 2014	Japan	Jamaica	1:0	AM					90'	90'
		Singapur	Oct 14, 2014	Brazil	Japan	4:0	Not in squad
		Toyota	Nov 14, 2014	Japan	Honduras	6:0	AM		1				90'
		Osaka, Osaka	Nov 18, 2014	Japan	Australia	2:1	AM						90'
	2015 AFC Asian Cup
	Group D	Newcastle	Jan 12, 2015	Japan	Palestine	4:0	AM		3				90'
	Group D	Brisbane	Jan 16, 2015	Iraq	Japan	0:1	AM						90'
	Group D	Melbourne	Jan 20, 2015	Japan	Jordan	2:0	AM	1					90'
	Quarter-Finals	Sydney	Jan 23, 2015	Japan	U. A. E.	5:6 on pens	AM						120'
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Mar 27, 2015	Japan	Tunisia	2:0	AM		1		60'		30'
		Chofu City, Tokyo	Mar 31, 2015	Japan	Uzbekistan	5:1	AM					69'	69'
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 11, 2015	Japan	Iraq	4:0	AM		1			66'	66'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 16, 2015	Japan	Singapore	0:0	AM					61'	61'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 2, 2015	North Korea	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 5, 2015	Japan	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 9, 2015	China	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Tokyo	Sep 3, 2015	Japan	Cambodia	3:0	AM	1					90'
	Group E	Teheran	Sep 8, 2015	Afghanistan	Japan	0:6	AM	2				77'	77'
	Group E	Muscat	Oct 8, 2015	Syria	Japan	0:3	AM		1			79'	79'
	International Friendlies
		Teheran	Oct 13, 2015	Iran	Japan	1:1	AM					46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Singapur	Nov 12, 2015	Singapore	Japan	0:3	AM				75'		15'
	Group E	Phnom Penh	Nov 17, 2015	Cambodia	Japan	0:2	AM						90'
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 24, 2016	Japan	Afghanistan	5:0	AM				64'		26'
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 29, 2016	Japan	Syria	5:0	AM	2	1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	Jun 3, 2016	Japan	Bulgaria	7:2	AM	2				44'	44'
			Jun 7, 2016	Japan	Bosnia	1:2	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 1, 2016	Japan	U. A. E.	1:2	AM						90'
	Group B	Bangkok	Sep 6, 2016	Thailand	Japan	0:2	AM						90'
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Oct 6, 2016	Japan	Iraq	2:1	on the bench
	Group B	Melbourne	Oct 11, 2016	Australia	Japan	1:1	AM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Kashima	Nov 11, 2016	Japan	Oman	4:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Nov 15, 2016	Japan	Saudi Arabia	2:1	AM				64'		26'
	Group B	Abu Dhabi	Mar 23, 2017	U. A. E.	Japan	0:2	AM					71'	71'
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 28, 2017	Japan	Thailand	4:0	AM	1				74'	74'
	International Friendlies
		Chofu City, Tokyo	Jun 7, 2017	Japan	Syria	1:1	AM					10'	10'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B		Jun 13, 2017	Iraq	Japan	1:1	Shoulder injury
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Aug 31, 2017	Japan	Australia	2:0	on the bench
	Group B		Sep 5, 2017	Saudi Arabia	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	Oct 6, 2017	Japan	New Zealand	2:1	AM					60'	60'
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Oct 10, 2017	Japan	Haiti	3:3	AM	1			59'		31'
		Villeneuve-dAscq	Nov 10, 2017	Japan	Brazil	1:3	Not in squad
		Brugge	Nov 14, 2017	Belgium	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 9, 2017	Japan	North Korea	1:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 12, 2017	Japan	China	2:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 16, 2017	Japan	South Korea	1:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Lüttich	Mar 23, 2018	Japan	Mali	1:1	Ankle injury
		Lüttich	Mar 27, 2018	Ukraine	Japan	2:1	Ankle injury
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	May 30, 2018	Japan	Ghana	0:2	AM				46'		45'
		Lugano	Jun 8, 2018	Switzerland	Japan	2:0	AM				76'		14'
		Innsbruck	Jun 12, 2018	Japan	Paraguay	4:2	AM	1	2				90'
	World Cup 2018
	Group H		Jun 19, 2018	Colombia	Japan	1:2	AM	1				70'	70'
	Group H	Ekaterinburg	Jun 24, 2018	Japan	Senegal	2:2	AM					72'	72'
	Group H		Jun 28, 2018	Japan	Poland	0:1	on the bench
	Round of 16		Jul 2, 2018	Belgium	Japan	3:2	AM		1				90'
	International Friendlies
			Sep 11, 2018	Japan	Costa Rica	3:0	Not in squad
			Oct 12, 2018	Japan	Panama	3:0	Ankle problems
		Saitama, Saitama	Oct 16, 2018	Japan	Uruguay	4:3	Ankle problems
		Oita, Oita	Nov 16, 2018	Japan	Venezuela	1:1	Not in squad
		Toyota	Nov 20, 2018	Japan	Kyrgyzstan	4:0	Not in squad
	2019 AFC Asian Cup
	Group F	Madinat Zaid	Jan 9, 2019	Japan	Turkmenistan	3:2	Not in squad
	Group F	Abu Dhabi	Jan 13, 2019	Oman	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Group F	Al Ain	Jan 17, 2019	Japan	Uzbekistan	2:1	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Sharjah	Jan 21, 2019	Japan	Saudi Arabia	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Dubai	Jan 24, 2019	Vietnam	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals		Jan 28, 2019	Iran	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
	Final	Abu Dhabi	Feb 1, 2019	Japan	Qatar	1:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Mar 22, 2019	Japan	Colombia	0:1	AM				65'		25'
			Mar 26, 2019	Japan	Bolivia	1:0	AM					71'	71'
		Toyota	Jun 5, 2019	Japan	Trinidad	0:0	on the bench
Squad: 110, Starting eleven: 78, Substituted in: 19, On the bench: 13, Suspended: 1, Injured: 7,