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 34)
Place of birth	Tsu, Mie, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team	Oita Trinita
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
2018–2021	Sagan Tosu
2020–2021	→ Nagoya Grampus (loan)
2021–2022	Nagoya Grampus
2022–	Oita Trinita
National team‡
2007	Japan U20
2009–2017	Japan
Honours
Oita Trinita
Nagoya Grampus
Kashima Antlers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:35, 18 August 2022 (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 J2 League club Oita Trinita. 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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Continental^[c]		Other^[d]		Total
Club	Season	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

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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.

List of international goals scored by Mu Kanazaki^[4]
No.	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

Honours

Oita Trinita

J.League Cup: 2008

Nagoya Grampus

Kashima Antlers

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

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[4] Appearances in Emperor's Cup

[5] Appearances in J. League Cup

[6] Appearances in AFC Champions League

[7] Appearances in Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

[1] "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.

[2] "Mu Kanazaki announces transfer". nagoya-grampus.jp/. Nagoya Grampus. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

[3] Mu Kanazaki at Soccerway

[NFT-8] "Kanazaki, Mu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

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