Shinji Okazaki

Shinji Okazaki
Personal information
Full name	Shinji Okazaki
Date of birth	16 April 1986 (age 25)
Place of birth	Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker, Left Winger
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Number	31
Youth career
2002–2004	Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:01, 24 November 2011 (UTC).; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011

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Shinji Okazaki (岡崎慎司 Okazaki Shinji, born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese football player currently playing for VfB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga.

[edit] Career

After graduating Takigawa Daini High School in 2004, Okazaki signed full professional terms with S-Pulse the following year. He was also member of the Japanese football team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals.

Okazaki made his senior national team debut on 9 October 2008, in a friendly match against the UAE. He scored his first hat-trick against Hong Kong on 8 October 2009 and scored another hat-trick against Togo just 6 days later on 14 October 2009.^[1] He was named The World's Top Goal Scorer 2009 by the IFFHS for his 15 goals with the national team. On 24 June 2010, Okazaki scored the final goal against Denmark in a 3–1 win as Japan qualified for the second round of the World Cup.^[2] On 17 January 2011, he scored his third career hat trick during a 5–0 drubbing of Saudi Arabia at the 2011 Asian Cup.

On 30 January 2011, Okazaki moved to German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart.^[3] He signed until 2014.^[4] On 17 February 2011 clearance to play for the club was granted for Okazaki by FIFA.^[5] He made his competitive debut for Stuttgart on the same night in a Europa League match at Benfica Lisbon. On 20 February 2011 Okazaki made his Bundesliga debut for VfB Stuttgart against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Okazaki scored his first goal against Hannover 96, which he scored from outside the box.^[6]

Okazaki came on as a second half substitute for Stuttgart in their first game of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season against Schalke 04. His side were up 2–0 and Okazaki added a goal scoring from long range in the 90th minute, sealing a 3–0 win.^[7]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 25 September 2011.^[8]^[9]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse	2005	1	0	3	0	1	0	-		5	0
	2006	7	0	3	0	2	0	-		12	0
	2007	21	5	2	0	2	0	-		25	5
	2008	27	10	2	1	5	0	-		34	11
	2009	34	14	3	2	4	1	-		41	17
	2010	31	13	4	2	2	1	-		37	16
	Total	121	42	17	5	16	2	-		154	49
VfB Stuttgart	2010–11	12	2	-		-		2	0	14	2
	2011–12	20	7	3	0	-		-		23	7
	Total	32	9	3	0	-		2	0	37	9
Career total		153	51	20	5	16	2	2	0	191	58

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes UEFA Europa League.

[edit] International

As of 11 November 2011.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U23
	2007	7	0
	2008	7	1
	Total	14	1
Japan
	2008	4	0
	2009	16	15
	2010	15	3
	2011	14	8
	Total	49	26

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2007
	6 June	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Malaysia U22	3–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	1 August	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, Shenyang	North Korea U22	2–1	0	Friendly / Japan U22
	3 August	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, Shenyang	China U22	0–0	0	Friendly / Japan U22
	5 August	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, Shenyang	Botswana U22	0–1	0	Friendly / Japan U22
	22 August	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Vietnam U22	1–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	17 November	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi	Vietnam U22	4–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	21 November	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Saudi Arabia U22	0–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
2008
	27 March	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Angola	1–1	0	Friendly^[10] / Japan U23
	22 May	Stade Perruc, Hyères	France U23	2–1	0	2008 Toulon Tournament / Japan U23
	24 July	Home's Stadium Kobe, Hyogo	Australia U23 (Olympic)	2–1	1	Friendly^[11] / Japan U23 (Olympic)
	29 July	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Argentine U23 (Olympic)	0–1	0	Friendly^[12] / Japan U23 (Olympic)
	7 August	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin	United States U23 (Olympic)	0–1	0	2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic)
	10 August	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin	Nigeria U23 (Olympic)	1–2	0	2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic)
	13 August	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang	Netherlands U23 (Olympic)	0–1	0	2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic)
1.	9 October	Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium, Niigata	United Arab Emirates	1–1	0	Friendly
2.	15 October	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	Uzbekistan	1–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	13 November	Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe	Syria	3–1	0	Friendly
4.	19 November	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	Qatar	3–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2009
5.	20 January	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto	Yemen	2–1	1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.	28 January	Bahrain National Stadium, Isa Town	Bahrain	0–1	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7.	4 February	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Finland	5–1	2	Friendly
8.	11 February	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama	Australia	0–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	28 March	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	Bahrain	1–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	27 May	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	Chile	4–0	2	2009 Kirin Cup
11.	31 May	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Belgium	4–0	1	2009 Kirin Cup
12.	6 June	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1–0	1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	10 June	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama	Qatar	1–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	17 June	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	1–2	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	5 September	FC Twente stadium, Enschede	Netherlands	0–3	0	Friendly
16.	9 September	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht	Ghana	4–3	1	Friendly
17.	8 October	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka	Hong Kong	6–0	3	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18.	14 October	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi	Togo	5–0	3	Friendly
19.	14 November	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	0–0	0	Friendly
20.	18 November	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4–0	1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2010
21.	2 February	Kyushu Oil Dome, Ōita	Venezuela	0–0	0	Friendly
22.	6 February	Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo	China PR	0–0	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
23.	14 February	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	South Korea	1–3	0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
24.	3 March	Toyota Stadium, Toyota	Bahrain	2–0	1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
25.	7 April	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	Serbia	0–3	0	Friendly
26.	24 May	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	South Korea	0–2	0	Friendly
27.	30 May	UPC-Arena, Graz	England	1–2	0	Friendly
28.	4 June	Stade Tourbillon, Sion	Côte d'Ivoire	0–2	0	Friendly
29.	14 June	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Cameroon	1–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup
30.	19 June	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	Netherlands	0–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup
31.	24 June	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Denmark	3–1	1	2010 FIFA World Cup
32.	29 June	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	Paraguay	0–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup
33.	4 September	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama	Paraguay	1–0	0	Friendly
34.	7 September	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	Guatemala	2–1	0	Friendly
35.	8 October	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	Argentina	1–0	1	Friendly
2011
36.	9 January	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha	Jordan	1–1	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
37.	13 January	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha	Syria	2–1	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
38.	17 January	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	Saudi Arabia	5–0	3	2011 AFC Asian Cup
39.	21 January	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha	Qatar	3–2	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
40.	25 January	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha	South Korea	2–2	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
41.	29 January	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Australia	1–0	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	29 March	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	Selection of J. League	2–1	1	Tōhoku Earthquake Charity Match^[13]
42.	1 June	Niigata Stadium, Niigata	Peru	0–0	0	2011 Kirin Cup
43.	7 June	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama	Czech Republic	0–0	0	2011 Kirin Cup
44.	10 August	Sapporo Dome, Hokkaido	South Korea	3–0	0	Friendly
45.	2 September	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	North Korea	1–0	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.	7 September	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1–1	1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
47.	11 October	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	Tajikistan	8–0	2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
48.	11 November	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe	Tajikistan	4–0	2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Awards and honours

[edit] Japan

AFC Asian Cup: 1

2011

[edit] Individual

IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year : 1

2009

J. League Best Eleven: 1

2009

[edit] References

^ "Okazaki scores hat-trick as Japan beat Togo 5–0". AFP. 14 October 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixQwGPnBYwQMIhU63YEAwROjlfag. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ Sheringham, Sam (24 June 2010). "Denmark 1–3 Japan". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_43/default.stm. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^ "Shinji Okazaki in Stuttgart". VfB Stuttgart. 30 January 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/verpflichtung-shinji-okazaki/page/439-0-1-1296449195.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ "Shinji Okazaki signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 30 January 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/pk-shinji-okazaki/page/446-0-1-1296469536.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ "Clearance for Shinji Okazaki". VfB Stuttgart. 17 February 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/freigabe-okazaki/page/486-0-1-1297962975.html. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
^ "Okazaki gets maiden Stuttgart goal". The Japan Times. 9 May 2011. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sc20110509a2.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ "VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 Schalke 04". ESPN Soccernet. 6 August 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=321039&cc=5901. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ "Japan – Shinji Okazaki". Soccerway.com. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/shinji-okazaki/5724/. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ "Shinji Okazaki > Club matches". Worldfootball.net. http://aus.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/shinji-okazaki/2/. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ "国際親善試合～北京で勝つための戦いが、始まる。～ U-23日本代表対アンゴラ代表" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/others_2008/080327/index.html. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "国際親善試合 U-23日本代表　対　U-23オーストラリア代表ゲームレポート" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/others_2008/080724/. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2008 ～ALL FOR 2010!～ U-23日本代表　対　U-23アルゼンチン代表ゲームレポート" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/kcc_2008/. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "東北地方太平洋沖地震復興支援チャリティーマッチ" (in Japanese). Samuraiblue.jp. 29 March 2011. http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/20110329/. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

[edit] External links

Shinji Okazaki – FIFA competition record
Shinji Okazaki at National-Football-Teams.com
Shinji Okazaki at VfB Stuttgart official site

[0] "Okazaki scores hat-trick as Japan beat Togo 5–0". AFP. 14 October 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixQwGPnBYwQMIhU63YEAwROjlfag. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[1] Sheringham, Sam (24 June 2010). "Denmark 1–3 Japan". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_43/default.stm. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

[2] "Shinji Okazaki in Stuttgart". VfB Stuttgart. 30 January 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/verpflichtung-shinji-okazaki/page/439-0-1-1296449195.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[3] "Shinji Okazaki signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 30 January 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/pk-shinji-okazaki/page/446-0-1-1296469536.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[4] "Clearance for Shinji Okazaki". VfB Stuttgart. 17 February 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/2010/freigabe-okazaki/page/486-0-1-1297962975.html. Retrieved 17 February 2011.

[5] "Okazaki gets maiden Stuttgart goal". The Japan Times. 9 May 2011. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sc20110509a2.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[6] "VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 Schalke 04". ESPN Soccernet. 6 August 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=321039&cc=5901. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[7] "Japan – Shinji Okazaki". Soccerway.com. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/shinji-okazaki/5724/. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[8] "Shinji Okazaki > Club matches". Worldfootball.net. http://aus.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/shinji-okazaki/2/. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[9] "国際親善試合～北京で勝つための戦いが、始まる。～ U-23日本代表対アンゴラ代表" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/others_2008/080327/index.html. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

[10] "国際親善試合 U-23日本代表　対　U-23オーストラリア代表ゲームレポート" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/others_2008/080724/. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

[11] "キリンチャレンジカップ2008 ～ALL FOR 2010!～ U-23日本代表　対　U-23アルゼンチン代表ゲームレポート" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/daihyo/u_23/games/2008/kcc_2008/. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

[12] "東北地方太平洋沖地震復興支援チャリティーマッチ" (in Japanese). Samuraiblue.jp. 29 March 2011. http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/20110329/. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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Persondata
Name	Okazaki, Shinji
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	16 April 1986
Place of birth	Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Date of death
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