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Kagawa Shinji - the best Japanese footballer

There are a lot of Asian footballers in Europe, butonly a few grow to the top clubs. One of them is Kagawa Shinji. A football player at an early age moved to Borussia Dortmund - the club was not strong yet in the European arena, and this is a unique case when a player grew up with a team (you can also recall another Japanese soccer player named Shinji - Okazaki and his Leicester club ).

This interesting footballer should know a little more.

Personal details and career start

Kagawa Shinji was born on March 17, 1989 inJapan, Kobe. His height - 172 centimeters, weight - 65 pounds. On the field, he prefers to occupy the position of attacking midfielder. His favorite role is the playmaker, but Kagawa can play the same role as a winger on both flanks of the attack.

Kagawa started playing football at the age of five.He played in several schools of his native city, and in 2006, at the age of 17, he became the first Japanese footballer to sign a professional contract: the club “Cerezo Osaka” took over his wing of Kagawa.

The club played at that time in the second J-League,and in 2009, thanks to the efforts of Kagawa, who became the league's top scorer of the season, Cerezo Osaka returned to the top division. In 2010, Kagawa made his debut in the J-League, but managed to play only 11 matches in it (7 goals scored). Scouts of Dortmund “Borussia” have long watched the player, and such a bright start to the season finally convinced the leadership of the German club to sign the player.

As part of Cerezo Osaka, Kagawa took part in 125 matches and scored 55 goals.

"Borussia Dortmund)

July 12, 2010 Kagawa Shinji moved to the camp of Borussia Dortmund. The amount of the transaction amounted to 300 thousand euros.

Borussia just got out of the crisis, whichhit her in the middle of the zero. The last trophy was won only in 2002, after which until the arrival of Jürgen Klopp, who headed the Black and Yellow in 2008, Borussia was the middle Bundesliga. The revival began in the 2010/11 season, when Dortmund again became the champion of Germany. Not the last role in that championship was played by Kagawa, even if he missed half of the season due to injury.

To score for a new club Japanese midfielderstarted right away. Particularly noteworthy was the performance of a football player in a match against Schalke-04, the sworn rivals of Dortmund. Before the game, the usually modest Kagawa announced that he would hit the gates with Schalke twice. And so it happened: Borussia won with a score of 3-1, and two goals in that game on Kagawa's score. In his first season in Germany, the attacking midfielder scored 8 goals in 18 games and entered the Bundesliga team.

Season 2011/12 cost for the attacking midfielder without serious injury. As a result, Kagawa almost regularly went to the base. In 2012, Borussia (Dortmund) again won the Bundesliga.

Segment at Manchester United and return to Germany

In the summer of 2012, Kagawa had the opportunitygo to Manchester United, and the Japanese footballer decided not to miss the chance to work with Sir Alex Ferguson himself. On June 22, the attacking midfielder signed a four-year contract with the English club. Transfer amount - 17 million pounds.

In England, Kagawa began to score a lot less: in the first season, for the Red Devils, the Japanese scored only 6 goals in 20 league matches, while at one of the meetings he made a hat-trick.

The 2012/13 season has become a landmark for ManchesterUnited. First, the club won the championship of England for the twentieth time. Second, at the end of the season, Sir Alex Ferguson ended his coaching career. Ferguson’s departure is not the last reason why Kagawa Shinji returned to Borussia in 2014. The Japanese scored the ball in his first match after returning.

Kagawa Shinji personal life

About his personal life, Kagawa is trying not muchspeak. Footballer's stealth has led to numerous rumors about his relationship with the Japanese actress of the immodest genre Amerie Inchioso. The information was spread by the British tabloids immediately after Kagawa’s transfer to Manchester United.

Journalists later still got to the bottomthe truth. The real bride of Kagawa was Japan’s TV presenter Margaret Natsuki. Kagawa Shinji and his girlfriend even appeared together in public. Previously, the football player was published exclusively with his teammates.