The native form of this personal name is Okazaki Shinji. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Shinji Okazaki
Okazaki with Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Shinji Okazaki[1]
Date of birth
(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth
Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)
Forward
Team information
Current team
Sint-Truiden
Number
30
Youth career
2002–2004
Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2005–2010
Shimizu S-Pulse
121
(42)
2011–2013
VfB Stuttgart
63
(10)
2013–2015
Mainz 05
65
(27)
2015–2019
Leicester City
114
(14)
2019
Málaga
0
(0)
2019–2021
Huesca
62
(13)
2021–2022
Cartagena
32
(2)
2022–
Sint-Truiden
35
(1)
International career‡
2007–2008
Japan U23
14
(1)
2008–2019
Japan
119
(50)
Medal record
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Winner
2011 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2019
Shinji Okazaki (岡崎 慎司, Okazaki Shinji, born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian club Sint-Truiden. He is best known for winning the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016.
Internationally, he is currently the top active Japan national team goalscorer and third all-time in team history with 50 goals.
^"Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^"FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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Palestine 4–0, with goals from Yasuhito Endō, ShinjiOkazaki, Keisuke Honda via a penalty and Maya Yoshida. Okazaki was named man of the match. They then faced...
At the beginning of the season, he had brought in Japanese forward ShinjiOkazaki. Deployed in a central striking role, he went on to have a prolific...
goal of the season in a 3–3 draw with Brentford to surpass Shinji Kagawa and ShinjiOkazaki for the most goals scored in a single English top-flight season...
prevented him from scoring a goal. One minute before the end of the game, ShinjiOkazaki missed a shot from 10 yards (9.1 m); shooting over the bar. Soon after...
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Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2022. "ShinjiOkazaki: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018...
had chances on the counter-attack including a wasted opportunity for ShinjiOkazaki halfway through the second half, missing a header on goal while he was...
Colombia striker Adrián Ramos in the box. Japan then equalised through ShinjiOkazaki's headed goal from a cross from Keisuke Honda on the right in first half...
2016. "Leicester's Christian Fuchs signs new deal as Danny Simpson & ShinjiOkazaki leave". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019. "Morgan, Fuchs...
Villa Edinson Cavani Luis Suárez 2 goals Jô Paulinho Mario Balotelli ShinjiOkazaki Jordi Alba David Silva 1 goal Dante Davide Astori Giorgio Chiellini...
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