is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a forward or

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for Belgian club

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

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with

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Club career

Shimizu S-Pulse

After graduating Takigawa Daini High School in 2004, Okazaki signed full professional terms with

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the following year. In December 2005, he made his first J.League appearance as a substitute against

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. On 15 April 2007, he scored his first professional goal against

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. Okazaki ended his first season as a first team player with three goals from 13 matches. Okazaki scored ten times in 27 matches during the 2008 J. League season and also represented S-Pulse in the J. League Cup Final, where the team lost 2–0 to Oita Trinita. He continued his promising goalscoring in the

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and 2010 seasons and, in January 2011, was signed by German side

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of the

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VfB Stuttgart

On 30 January 2011, Okazaki signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Stuttgart. On 17 February 2011, clearance to play for the club was granted for Okazaki by

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. He made his competitive debut for VfB on the same night in a Europa League match against Benfica. On 20 February 2011, Okazaki made his

debut for VfB against

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. Okazaki scored his first goal against

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, which he scored from outside the box. Okazaki came on as a second-half substitute for Stuttgart in their first game of the

2011–12 Bundesliga The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May ...

season against

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. His side were up 2–0 and Okazaki added a goal scoring from long range in the 90th minute, sealing a 3–0 win. Okazaki's goal from a bicycle kick on 19 February 2012 in a Bundesliga match of VfB Stuttgart against Hannover 96 was selected Goal of the Month. After

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in April 1978, Okazaki was the second player from Japan to win this award in Germany. Okazaki had a poor 2012–13 season, scoring only once in the

. However, he scored his first goals in European competition with two goals against FC Steaua București in the Europa League.

Mainz 05

On 1 July 2013, Okazaki moved to

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. He scored his first goal for Mainz on his debut in a 3–2 win against his former club Stuttgart on the opening matchday of the

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season. At the end of the season he ended with 15 league goals. Okazaki became the most prolific Japanese player in Bundesliga history on 13 September 2014, scoring his 27th and 28th league goals in Mainz's 3–1 win over

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Leicester City

2015–16

On 26 June 2015, Okazaki moved to

side

for a fee believed to be in the region of £7 million, subject to obtaining a work permit. He made his debut for the club on 8 August 2015 in Leicester City's 4–2 opening day win against

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, and scored his first goal for the club the following week in a 2–1 win against

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. On 19 December 2015, Okazaki scored the winner in a 3–2 win over Everton at

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, to ensure that

topped the table at Christmas. On 10 January 2016, Okazaki scored Leicester's second goal in the

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clash at

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with

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despite drawing to a late

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penalty in the 90th minute. On 14 March 2016, Okazaki scored the winning goal in a league fixture against

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, a spectacular overhead strike that won Leicester City the game 1–0 and took them five points clear at the top of the

table. Okazaki went on to win the league that year thus becoming the second Japanese player to win the Premier League after

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. His performances in the 2015–16 season earned him the Asian International Player of the Year award in December 2016.

2016–17

Okazaki scored twice in a 2–4 defeat to Chelsea in the third round of the 2016–17

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on 20 September 2016. He scored his first league goal of the season in a 3–1 win over

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on 22 October 2016, earning him Man of the match and achieving an 84.8% pass success rate, more than any other Leicester player. On 22 November 2016, Okazaki scored in a 2–1 win over

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in the Champions League group stage, becoming the sixth Japanese player to score a Champions League goal and the first since

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in November 2013. He finished the season with only three league goals.

2017–2019

Okazaki was in goalscoring form at the start to the 2017–18 season, scoring four goals in six appearances for Leicester in all competitions. He was released by Leicester at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Málaga

On 30 July 2019, Okazaki signed a one-year contract with

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. However, Málaga canceled its contract with Okazaki after just 34 days, since his wage demands exceeded its maximum budget as permitted by the league.

Huesca

On 4 September 2019, the

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Okazaki signed a one-year contract with

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side

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. On 8 September 2019, he made his debut for Huesca as a substitute. On 25 July 2020, after scoring 12 times as his side achieved promotion to

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, Okazaki renewed his contract for a further year.

Cartagena

On 31 August 2021, Okazaki moved to

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in the second division on a one-year contract.

Sint-Truiden

On 19 August 2022, Okazaki signed with

in Belgium.

International career

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Japan national football team World Cup 2018

After competing for the country's under-23 team at the

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in China, Okazaki made his full international debut for

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against the

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in October 2008. On 20 January 2009, he scored his first goal for ''Samurai Blue'' in the team's opening

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against

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. In October 2009, Okazaki scored

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s in consecutive matches as Japan beat

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and

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6–0 and 5–0 respectively. He was named The World's Top Goal Scorer of 2009 by the

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for his 15 goals with the national team. Okazaki was included in the

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for the

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and appeared as a substitute in all four of the Japan's matches. He scored once in the final

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match, a 3–1 defeat of

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, to send Japan into the second round. On 8 October 2010, Okazaki scored as Japan beat

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1–0 in friendly match to record its first ever win over the

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and

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world champions. Okazaki scored his third international hat-trick in a 5–0

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win against

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at the

. He then scored his kick in the semi-final

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win over

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and played all 120 minutes of the

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as Japan beat

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to win the trophy for a fourth time. Okazaki finished as top goalscorer in the Asian section of

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for the

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with eight goals. Okazaki scored twice at the

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, against

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and

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respectively. However, Japan lost all three of its matches and was eliminated at the end of the group stage. In June 2014, Okazaki was selected in the

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for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In the team's third group match, a 4–1 defeat to

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, he scored Samurai Blue's only goal with a header in the 45th minute. Okazaki was included in

for the

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and scored in a 4–0 defeat of Palestine during the group stage. In March 2016 Okazaki was presented with a commemorative shirt with 100 on the back in a presentation to celebrate his 100th international appearance for Japan. Okazaki is currently the top active Japan national team goalscorer and third all-time in team history with 50 international goals.

Career statistics

Club

¹Includes

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, Community Shield and

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.
²Includes

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and

.
³Includes

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and

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International

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okazaki goal''.

Honours

Leicester City *

: 2015–16 SD Huesca *

: 2019–20 Japan *

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Individual *

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: 2009 * IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 2009 * AFC International Footballer of the Year: 2016 *

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: 2016

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Okazaki, Shinji 1986 births Living people People from Takarazuka, Hyōgo Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese footballers Association football forwards Shimizu S-Pulse players VfB Stuttgart players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Leicester City F.C. players Málaga CF players SD Huesca footballers FC Cartagena footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. players J1 League players Bundesliga players Premier League players La Liga players Segunda División players Best Footballer in Asia Olympic footballers of Japan Japan international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players AFC Asian Cup-winning players FIFA Century Club Japanese expatriate footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Belgium

Club career

Shimizu S-Pulse

VfB Stuttgart

Mainz 05

Leicester City

2015–16

2016–17

2017–2019

Málaga

Huesca

Cartagena

Sint-Truiden

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links