player · data as of 2026-08-25 13:21 UTC
Shinji Kagawa
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 375' 9"
Japancurrently Cerezo Osaka
Japancurrently Cerezo OsakaCareer goals
103
all competitions, from the season archive · club 85 · country 18 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
519
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
7
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. He is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players of all time. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
7 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
Bundesliga×2
2010–11, 2011–12
Premier League
2012–13
| Team honours7 | ||||
| Bundesliga | ×2 | 2010–11, 2011–12 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| Premier League | ×1 | 2012–13 | Manchester United | |
| DFB-Pokal | ×2 | 2011–12, 2016–17 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| AFC Asian Cup | ×1 | 2011 | Japan | |
| FA Community Shield | ×1 | 2013 | Manchester United | |
| Individual honours9 | ||||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| AFC Asian International Player of the Year | 2012 | |||
| Teams of the season · 5 | ||||
| kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season | ×2 | 2010–11, 2011–12 | ||
| Bundesliga Team of the Season | 2015–16 | |||
| ESM Team of the Season | 2011–12 | |||
| VDV Team of the Season | 2011–12 | |||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| Bundesliga Player of the Hinrunde | 2010 | |||
| IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time | 2021 | |||
| kicker Bundesliga first half of the 2012 season, only one selected for world class. | ||||
The Record
season by season · 67 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 519 | 103 | 69 | 451 | 33 |
| 2026 | Jpn 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | Jpn 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 33 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| 2024 | Jpn 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Jpn 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | Belgian Pro League | Sint-Truidense | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | Belgian Pro League | Sint-Truidense | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Gre 1 | PAOK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Gre 1 | PAOK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Club friendlies | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Copa del Rey | Real Zaragoza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–2010 | Cerezo Osaka | 125 | 55 |
| 2008–2019 | Japan | 97 | 31 |
| 2010–2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 49 | 21 |
| 2012–2014 | Manchester United F.C. | 38 | 6 |
| 2014–2019 | Borussia Dortmund | 99 | 20 |
| 2018–2018 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–2020 | Real Zaragoza | 33 | 4 |
| 2019–2019 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 14 | 4 |
| 2021–2021 | PAOK FC | 6 | 0 |
| 2022–2023 | Sint-Truidense VV | 18 | 2 |
| 2023–now | Cerezo Osaka | 69 | 5 |
Youth & development spells — 2 more
| 2006–2008 | Japan U20 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008–2008 | Japan U23 | 3 | 0 |
The Stands
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