Gaku Shibasaki

Gaku Shibasaki
柴崎 岳
Shibasaki playing for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Gaku Shibasaki[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Noheji, Aomori, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kashima Antlers
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2004 Noheji SSS
2005–2007 Aomori Yamada Junior High School
2008–2010 Aomori Yamada High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Kashima Antlers 172 (17)
2017 Tenerife 16 (2)
2017–2019 Getafe 29 (1)
2019–2020 Deportivo La Coruña 26 (0)
2020–2023 Leganés 98 (5)
2023– Kashima Antlers 3 (0)
International career
2007–2009 Japan U17 11 (2)
2014– Japan 60 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 United Arab Emirates
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022

Gaku Shibasaki (柴崎 岳, Shibasaki Gaku, born 28 May 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Kashima Antlers and the Japan national team.[4]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ Shibasaki won't land deal with Las Palmas, poised to join Spanish second-division team Japan Times.