Shinji kagawa By : Purnya samal

CONTENT 1. INRODUCTION 2. LIFE 3. INJURY 4. THE JAPANESE NATIONAL TEAM 5.Sources 6.Quiz

Shinji kagawa  Shinji Kagawa ( 香川 真司 Kagawa Shinji,born 17 March 1989 is a Japanese footballer who plays for English club Manchester United and the Japanese national team. Kagawa began his professional career in his homeland with Cerezo Osaka before joining German club Borussia Dortmund in After two years with Dortmund, Kagawa signed for Manchester United on a four-year contract. A goal-scoring midfielder, he is known for his "vision, technique, movement and deft passing.  On 29 November 2012, Kagawa was named AFC International Player of the Year Award. These are F50 ( Adidas football shoes)

Life Kagawa started playing football at the age of five. He joined Marino Football Club from 1994 to 1999, Kobe NK Football Club from 1999 to 2001, and FC Miyagi Barcelona in Sendai from 2001 to Cerezo Osaka noticed his talent and signed him at the age of 17. He was the first player in Japan to sign a professional contract before graduating high school, except players promoted from youth teams of the J. League clubs. In 2007, he gained a regular position but the club missed the promotion to the J. League Division 1. By mid-2010, Kagawa was represented with a sports agency run by retired German professional footballer Thomas Kroth, which ultimately handled his transfer to Borussia Dortmund.

Injury  Manchester’s united kagawa has been ruled out for four weeks!!!!!  The Japan midfielder, 23, injured his knee during the 3-2 Champions League home win against Braga on 23 October.3-2 Champions League home win  United manager Sir Alex Ferguson initially expected Kagawa to return within four or five weeks.  2006: Joins Cerezo Osaka, his first professional team, aged 17.  2008: Full Japan debut against Ivory Coast. Also competes in Olympics.  2009: Becomes highest scorer in J-League Division 2 as Osaka are promoted to top flight.  2010: Scores seven goals in 11 J-League appearances and joins Borussia Dortmund for 350,000 Euros. Misses out on a World Cup spot.  2011: Wins Asian Cup with Japan, but misses the final due to injury. Helps Dortmund win their first league title in nine years, scoring eight goals.  2012: Wins league and cup double with the German side, scoring 13 goals. Moves to Manchester United.  But ahead of Tuesday's Group H match against Galatasaray, he said: "His progress has been quite slow. He hasn't started any outside work and he may be another four weeks away."Tuesday's Group H match against Galatasaray,  He added: "Overall, he will probably be looking at six to seven weeks since the injury. The first job now is to get him back."

Pos player date of birth club GK Takuto hayashi 9 th august 1982 vegalta sendai GK Eiji kawashima 20th march 1983 standard liege GK Shuichi gonda 3 rd march1989 F.C Tokyo DF Yasuyuki konno 25 th January 1983 gamba Osaka DF Masahiko Inoha 28 th august 1985 jubilo iwata DF Hiroki Mizumoto 12 th September 1985 sanfrecce Hiroshima DF Yuto Nagatomo 12 th September 1986 internazionale DF Atsuto Uchida 27 th march 1988 schalke 04 DF Maya Yoshida 24 th August 1988 Southampton DF Hiroki Sakai 12 th April 1990 Hannover 96 DF Gōtoku Sakai 14 th March1991 Stuttgart MF Yasuhito Endō 28 th January 1980 gamba Osaka MF Makoto Hasebe (captain) 18 th January 1984 Wolfsburg MF Hajime Hosogai 10 th June 1986 Bayer leverkusen MF Hideto Takahashi 17 th October 1987 F.C Tokyo FW Ryōichi Maeda 9 th October 1981 jubilo iwata FW Shinji okazaki 16 th April 1986 Stuttgart FW Keisuke Honda 13 th June 1986 CSKA Moscow FW Mike havenaar 20 th May 1987 vitesse FW Takashi inui 2 nd June 1988 Eintracht Frankfurt FW SHINJI KAGAWA 17 th March 1989 Manchester united FW Yuki Ottsu 12 th November 1989 vvv-venlo FW Hiroshi kiyotake 24h march 1990 Nurnberg The Japanese national football team

Sources Wikipedia BBC sports Google images

Quiz 1. Which football shoes does Shinji kagawa wear? 2. When was Shinji kagawa born? 3. Which club does shinji kagawa play for? 4. what’s Shinji kagawa’s nationality? 5. At which age did Shinji kagawa start playing football?