Shinji Kagawa

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Kagawa was born in Kobe on March 17, 1989. He joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka in 2006. He could not play at all in the match first season and Cerezo was relegated to J2 League. He became a regular player from 2007. In 2009, he became a top scorer with 27 goals and Cerezo was promoted to J1. In summer 2010, he moved to German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He played 49 matches and scored 21 goals in 2 seasons. Dortmund also won the Bundesliga champions in both seasons. In summer 2012, he moved to English Premier League club Manchester United. In the 2012/13 season, he played 20 matches and score 6 goals under manager Alex Ferguson. However his opportunity to play decreased under new manager David Moyes in the 2013/14 season. In summer 2014, he returned to Dortmund. Although he played many matches every seasons, he could hardly play in the match in the 2018/19 season. In January 2019, he moved to Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. In summer 2019, he moved to Spanish Segunda División club Real Zaragoza and played in 1 season. After half-year blank, he signed with Super League Greece club PAOK Thessaloniki in January 2021.

In 2007, Kagawa was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup and played 2 matches. On May 24, 2008, he debuted for the Japan national team under manager Takeshi Okada against Ivory Coast. In August 2008, he also played for Japan U-23 national team at 2008 Summer Olympics. However he was not selected Japan for 2010 World Cup. After the 2010 World Cup, he became a regular player under new manager Alberto Zaccheroni and wore the "number 10" shirt for Japan as Shunsuke Nakamura successor. In 2011, he participated 2011 Asian Cup. He played 5 matches and scored 2 goals. Although he could not play at the final for injury, Japan won the champions. He also played at 2013 Confederations Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. In 2018, he was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. He played 3 matches and scored 1 goal against Colombia national team in the first match. Japan qualified to the knockout stage. He played 97 games and scored 31 goals for Japan until 2019.

## Statistics

|-
|2006||rowspan="5"|Cerezo Osaka||J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2007||rowspan="3"|J2 League||35||5||1||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||36||7
|-
|2008||35||16||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||35||16
|-
|2009||44||27||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||44||27
|-
|2010||J1 League||11||7||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||12||7

|-
|2010/11||rowspan="2"|Borussia Dortmund||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||18||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||8||4||28||12
|-
|2011/12||31||13||5||3||colspan="2"|-||6||1||42||17

|-
|2012/13||rowspan="3"|Manchester United||rowspan="3"|Premier League||20||6||3||0||0||0||3||0||26||6
|-
|2013/14||18||0||1||0||2||0||8||0||29||0
|-
|2014/15||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0

|-
|2014/15||rowspan="5"|Borussia Dortmund||rowspan="5"|Bundesliga||28||5||5||1||colspan="2"|-||5||0||38||6
|-
|2015/16||29||9||5||1||colspan="2"|-||12||3||46||13
|-
|2016/17||21||1||3||2||colspan="2"|-||5||3||29||6
|-
|2017/18||19||5||3||1||colspan="2"|-||5||0||27||6
|-
|2018/19||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||4||0

|-
|2018/19||Beşiktaş||Süper Lig||14||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||14||4

|-
|2019/20||Real Zaragoza||Segunda División||31||4||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||34||4

|-
|2020/21||PAOK Thessaloniki||Super League||||||||||||||||||||
125||55||1||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||127||57
148||41||24||8||colspan="2"|-||42||11||214||60
38||6||4||0||3||0||11||0||56||6
14||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||14||4
31||4||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||34||4
||||||||||||||||||
356||110||32||10||4||0||53||11||445||131
|}

|-
|2008||6||1
|-
|2009||4||1
|-
|2010||7||1
|-
|2011||11||6
|-
|2012||9||3
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|2013||16||4
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|2014||10||3
|-
|2015||14||4
|-
|2016||7||4
|-
|2017||5||2
|-
|2018||6||2
|-
|2019||2||0
|-
!Total||97||31
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Shinji Kagawa
- **image**: Shinji Kagawa 2018 (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Kagawa at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 World Cup
- **fullname**: Shinji Kagawa
- **birth place**: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Hyogo, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: PAOK Thessaloniki FC, PAOK Thessaloniki
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2005
- **youthclubs1**: FC Miyagi Barcelona
- **years1**: 2006–2010
- **clubs1**: Cerezo Osaka
- **caps1**: 125
- **goals1**: 55
- **years2**: 2010–2012
- **clubs2**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps2**: 49
- **goals2**: 21
- **years3**: 2012–2014
- **clubs3**: Manchester United FC, Manchester United
- **caps3**: 38
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2014–2019
- **clubs4**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps4**: 99
- **goals4**: 20
- **years5**: 2019
- **clubs5**: Beşiktaş JK, Beşiktaş
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2019–2020
- **clubs6**: Real Zaragoza
- **caps6**: 31
- **goals6**: 4
- **years7**: 2021–
- **clubs7**: PAOK Thessaloniki FC, PAOK Thessaloniki
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2008–2019
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 97
- **nationalgoals3**: 31
- **club-update**: end of the 2019/20 season