Gaku Shibasaki

is a Japanese professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Kashima Antlers and the Japan national team.

### Club career

Shibasaki was born in Noheji, Aomori on May 28, 1992. Shibasaki graduated from Aomori Yamada High School and joined the J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 2011. He became a regular player in 2012. He was given the award for Best Young Player that year. In 2016, Kashima won the J1 League, so the club took part in the 2016 Club World Cup. He scored 2 goals against Real Madrid at the final. In January 2017, he moved to Spanish Segunda División club Tenerife. In summer 2017, he moved to La Liga club Getafe. He was not able to play as much in the 2018/19 season. In 2019, he moved to Segunda División club Deportivo La Coruña. The club moved down to Segunda División B end of the 2019/20 season. In 2020, he moved to Leganés. He returned to Kashima in 2023.

### International career

In 2009, he joined the Japan U-17 national team for the 2009 U-17 World Cup. On September 9, 2014, he started playing for the Japan national team. His first game was against Venezuela. In 2015, he played at the 2015 Asian Cup. From 2018, he became a regular player as a defensive midfielder, under new manager Akira Nishino. At the 2018 World Cup, he played all 4 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. In 2019, he participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played 6 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. He also played at 2019 Copa América.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Kashima Antlers|2011|J.League Division 1|13|0|3|0|3|1|1|0|—|20|1||
|2012|J.League Division 1|31|1|4|0|9|3|—|1|0|45|4||||
|2013|J.League Division 1|34|2|2|0|8|0|—|1|0|45|2||||
|2014|J.League Division 1|34|6|1|0|6|0|—|0|0|41|6||||
|2015|J1 League|29|5|0|0|1|0|6|2|0|0|36|7|||
|2016|J1 League|31|3|4|1|4|0|0|0|7|2|46|6|||
|Tenerife|2016–17|Segunda División|12|1|0|0|—|—|4|1|16|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Getafe|2017–18|La Liga|22|1|0|0|—|—|—|22|1||||
|2018–19|La Liga|7|0|2|0|—|—|—|9|0||||||
|Deportivo La Coruña|2019–20|Segunda División|26|0|1|0|—|—|—|27|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Leganés|2020–21|Segunda División|34|2|1|0|—|—|—|35|2||||
|2021–22|Segunda División|34|3|0|0|—|—|—|34|3||||||
|2022–23|Segunda División|28|0|0|0|—|—|—|28|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Kashima Antlers|2023|J1 League|3|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|4|0|||
|2024|J1 League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Japan|2014|4|1|
|2015|9|2|||
|2016|0|0|||
|2017|1|0|||
|2018|12|0|||
|2019|19|0|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|6|0|||
|2022|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shibasaki goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 September 2014|International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan||2–1|2–2|Friendly|https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/09/world/friendlies/japan/venezuela/1837189/(https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/09/world/friendlies/japan/venezuela/1837189/)|||||||||
|2|23 January 2015|Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia||1–1|1–1 (4–5 pen.)|2015 AFC Asian Cup|https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/23/asia/asian-cup/japan/united-arab-emirates/1466413/(https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/23/asia/asian-cup/japan/united-arab-emirates/1466413/)|||||||||
|3|31 March 2015|Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Japan||3–0|5–1|Friendly|https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/31/world/friendlies/japan/uzbekistan/1987006/(https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/31/world/friendlies/japan/uzbekistan/1987006/)|||||||||

## Honours

**Kashima Antlers**
- J1 League: 2016
- J.League Cup: 2011, 2012
- Emperor's Cup: 2016
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2012,  2013

**Japan**
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- J. League Cup MVP: 2012
- J. League Rookie of the Year: 2012
- J1 League Monthly MVP: August 2014
- FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2016
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gaku Shibasaki
柴崎 岳
- **image**: Gaku Shibasaki.jpg
- **caption**: Shibasaki playing for Japan national football team, Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **full name**: Gaku Shibasaki
- **birth place**: Noheji, Aomori, Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, Aomori, Japan
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Midfielder (association football)#Central midfielder, Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Kashima Antlers
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Aomori Yamada High School
- **years1**: 2011–2016
- **clubs1**: Kashima Antlers
- **caps1**: 172
- **goals1**: 17
- **years2**: 2017
- **clubs2**: CD Tenerife, Tenerife
- **caps2**: 16
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2017–2019
- **clubs3**: Getafe CF, Getafe
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2019–2020
- **clubs4**: Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña
- **caps4**: 26
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2020–2023
- **clubs5**: CD Leganés, Leganés
- **caps5**: 98
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2023–
- **clubs6**: Kashima Antlers
- **caps6**: 3
- **goals6**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2009
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2014–
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 60
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **club-update**: 28 May 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 17 November 2022