_(cropped).jpg) Okazaki with Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shinji Okazaki[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1986[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Takigawa Daini High School | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 121 | (42) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | VfB Stuttgart | 63 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Mainz 05 | 65 | (27) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Leicester City | 114 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Málaga | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Huesca | 62 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Cartagena | 32 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Sint-Truiden | 37 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Total | 494 | (109) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Japan U23 | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2019 | Japan | 119 | (50) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Shinji Okazaki (岡崎 慎司, Okazaki Shinji, born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for winning the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016.
Internationally, he is Japan's third all-time top goalscorer in with 50 goals.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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