Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese footballer, born on 17 March 1989 in Kobe, Japan. Kagawa plays as a midfielder for Cerezo Osaka. Kagawa has scored 171 goals in 656 games for club and country and has won 7 trophies, including 3 league titles.

Kagawa's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions559140
Japan9731
Total656171

Goals per game: 0.26.

Kagawa's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 7
  • League titles: 3
  • Domestic cups: 3
  • Trophies with Japan: 1
  • Individual awards: 9

Borussia Dortmund

  • Bundesliga: 2 (2010–11, 2011–12)
  • DFB-Pokal: 2 (2011–12, 2016–17)

Manchester United

  • Premier League: 1 (2012–13)
  • FA Community Shield: 1 (2013)

Japan

  • AFC Asian Cup: 1 (2011)

Individual

  • Bundesliga Player of the Hinrunde: 1 (2010)
  • kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2 (2010–11, 2011–12)
  • kicker Bundesliga first half of the season, only one selected for world class.: 1 (2012)
  • VDV Team of the Season: 1 (2011–12)
  • ESM Team of the Season: 1 (2011–12)
  • AFC Asian International Player of the Year: 1 (2012)
  • Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1 (2015–16)
  • IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 1 (2021)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2007–2010: Cerezo Osaka, 125 games, 55 goals
  2. 2010–2012: Borussia Dortmund, 49 games, 21 goals
  3. 2012–2014: Manchester United, 38 games, 6 goals
  4. 2014–2019: Borussia Dortmund, 99 games, 20 goals
  5. 2019: Beşiktaş (loan), 14 games, 4 goals
  6. 2019–2020: Real Zaragoza, 33 games, 4 goals
  7. 2021: PAOK, 6 games, 0 goals
  8. 2022–2023: Sint-Truiden, 18 games, 2 goals
  9. 2023–: Cerezo Osaka, 94 games, 6 goals

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Club stats as of 10 August 2026.