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Shinji Kagawa

1989 - Today

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Shinji Kagawa (Japanese: 香川 真司, Kagawa Shinji [kaꜜɡawa ɕiꜜndʑi]; born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cerezo Osaka. He is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players of all time. Kagawa became the first midfielder in J.League history to claim the top scorer title, playing as a shadow striker. In the 2009 season, he formed a partnership with Takashi Inui, which played a role in his emergence as the J2 League's top scorer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. Shinji Kagawa is the 2,549th most popular soccer player (down from 1,808th in 2024), the 1,242nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 285th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shinji Kagawa ranks 2,549 out of 21,273. Before him are Virgilio Fossati, Nicolae Dobrin, Dorinel Munteanu, Frane Matošić, Juan Carlos Corazzo, and Ladislav Jurkemik. After him are Mohamed Akid, Adolf Urban, Roberto Ferreiro, Ulises Poirier, Bernardo Silva, and Pim Doesburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Shinji Kagawa ranks 45. Before him are Penny Pax, Axel Witsel, Bill Kaulitz, Javier Pastore, Primož Roglič, and Daniel Ricciardo. After him are Eliza Taylor, Zedd, Brie Larson, Jung So-min, Harry Melling, and Lukáš Hrádecký.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 1,242 out of 6,245. Before him are Chūhei Nambu (1904), Koji Kondo (1961), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), Naoto Ohshima (1964), and Shirase Nobu (1861). After him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), and Noriko Ishibashi (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 285. Before him are Satoshi Miyauchi (1959), Chieko Homma (1964), Satoshi Oishi (1972), Junko Ishida (1966), Michiko Matsuda (1966), and Shinichi Kawano (1969). After him are Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Noriko Ishibashi (1970), Hisashi Kaneko (1959), and Yasuharu Kurata (1963).

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