Mu Kanazaki

Mū Kanazaki
	Kanazaki playing for 1.FC Nürnberg in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Mū Kanazaki
Date of birth	16 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tsu, Mie, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Sagan Tosu
Number	44
Youth career
1997–2000	Centro Tsunan
2001–2003	Tokan Junior High School
2004–2006	Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Oita Trinita
2010–2012	Nagoya Grampus
2013	1. FC Nurnberg
2013–2016	Portimonense
2015	→ Kashima Antlers (loan)
2016–2018	Kashima Antlers
2018–	Sagan Tosu
International career‡
2007	Japan U20
2009–2017	Japan
Medal record
Oita Trinita
Nagoya Grampus
Kashima Antlers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 March 2018

Mu Kanazaki (金崎夢生, Kanazaki Mū, born 16 February 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Sagan Tosu. He scored the two goals that gave his team the title of the 2016 J1 League over Urawa Red Diamonds.

He made his full international debut for Japan on 20 January 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.

Career statistics

As of 24 February 2019^[update]^[1]

	Season	League	League		Cup^{[n 1]}		League Cup^{[n 2]}		Continental^{[n 3]}		Other^{[n 4]}		Total
	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita	2007	J1 League	10	2	0	0	4	1	-		-		14	3
	2008		34	4	0	0	9	0	-		-		43	4
	2009		30	2	2	3	3	1	-		3	0	38	6
	Total		74	8	2	3	16	2	-		3	0	95	13
Nagoya Grampus	2010	J1 League	25	4	2	0	3	0	-		-		30	4
	2011		12	0	4	0	2	1	4	3	1	0	23	4
	2012		32	5	4	1	1	0	7	1	-		44	7
	Total		69	9	10	1	6	1	11	4	1	0	97	15
1. FC Nürnberg	2012–13	Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	-		-		-		4	0
1. FC Nürnberg	Total		4	0	0	0	-		-		-		4	0
Portimonense	2013–14	Segunda Liga	30	7	1	0	-		-		-		31	7
	2014–15		17	9	3	1	-		-		-		20	11
	2015–16		2	0	2	0	-		-		-		4	0
	Total		49	16	6	1	-		-		-		55	18
Kashima Antlers	2015	J1 League	27	9	0	0	5	5	4	1	0	0	36	15
	2016		33	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	38	15
	2017		30	12	1	2	3	0	5	4	1	0	39	18
	2018		15	7	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	22	10
	Total		105	41	3	2	8	5	15	8	5	2	136	58
Sagan Tosu	2018	J1 League	15	3	0	0	0	0	-		-		15	3
Career total			316	77	21	7	30	8	26	13	8	2	411	107

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	AFC U-19 Championship 2008 qualification	U-18	3	1	0	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	1	1	0	Qualified

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.^[2]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 November 2015	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	24 March 2016	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Afghanistan	5–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Oita Trinita

Nagoya Grampus

Kashima Antlers

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