Mu Kanazaki
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Full name | Mū Kanazaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tsu, Mie, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Centro Tsunan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Tokan Junior High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Takigawa Daini High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Oita Trinita | 74 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Nagoya Grampus | 69 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | 1. FC Nurnberg | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Portimonense | 48 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | → Kashima Antlers (loan) | 27 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Kashima Antlers | 78 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Sagan Tosu | 46 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Nagoya Grampus (loan) | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Japan U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2017 | Japan | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:35, 4 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ 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 professional footballer who plays for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus. He scored the two goals that gave his team the title of the 2016 J1 League over Urawa Red Diamonds.
Club career[]
On 25 March 2020, Kanazaki returned to Nagoya Grampus on loan from Sagan Tosu until 31 January 2021.[1] On 15 January 2021, following his season on loan at Nagoya Grampus, Kanazaki signed permanently for the club.[2]
International career[]
Kanazaki made his full international debut for Japan on 20 January 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 1 September 2021[3]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other[d] | Total | |||||||
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Division | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18 | ||
Kashima Antlers (loan) | 2015 | J1 League | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
Kashima Antlers | 2016 | J1 League | 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 | 78 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 100 | 43 | ||
Sagan Tosu | 2018 | J1 League | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
2019 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 8 | ||||
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 46 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11 | ||
Nagoya Grampus (loan) | 2020 | J1 League | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 6 | ||
Nagoya Grampus | 2021 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 374 | 90 | 23 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 476 | 121 |
- ^ Appearances in Emperor's Cup
- ^ Appearances in J. League Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
2010 | 4 | 0 | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 1 | |
2016 | 4 | 1 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kanazaki goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
Honours[]
Oita Trinita
- J.League Cup: 2008
Nagoya Grampus
- J1 League: 2010
- Japanese Super Cup: 2011
- J.League Cup: 2021
Kashima Antlers
- J.League Cup: 2015
- J1 League: 2016
- Emperor's Cup: 2016
- Japanese Super Cup: 2017
Individual
- J. League Cup New Hero Award: 2008
References[]
- ^ "金崎 夢生選手、期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp/ (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Mu Kanazaki announces transfer". nagoya-grampus.jp/. Nagoya Grampus. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Mu Kanazaki at Soccerway
- ^ "Kanazaki, Mu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- Portimonense anuncia regresso de Mu Kanazaki, desporto.sapo.pt, 25 December 2015
External links[]
- Mu Kanazaki – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mu Kanazaki at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mu Kanazaki at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kashima Antlers
Categories:
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Association football people from Mie Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Japan international footballers
- J1 League players
- Bundesliga players
- Oita Trinita players
- Nagoya Grampus players
- 1. FC Nürnberg players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- Kashima Antlers players
- Sagan Tosu players
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Japanese football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs