Kanji Okunuki
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kanji Okunuki | ||
Date of birth | (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Tochigi, Japan | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Fanaticos | |||
0000–2017 | Omiya Ardija | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2023 | Omiya Ardija | 91 | (14) |
2022–2023 | → Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2023– | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Japan | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2024 |
Kanji Okunuki (奥抜 侃志, Okunuki Kanji, born 11 August 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club 1. FC Nürnberg and the Japan national team.[1]
Career
Okunuki was born in Ina, Saitama. After raising through Omiya Ardija youth ranks, he signed for the top team in January 2018.[2]
On 31 August 2022, he left Omiya to join Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze on a season-long loan, with the Polish club keeping an option to make the move permanent.[3]
On 30 June 2023, 1. FC Nürnberg from German 2. Bundesliga announced the signing of Okunuki.[4]
International career
On 9 October 2023, Okunuki was called up for the Japan senior national team for the friendly matches against Canada and Tunisia on the 13th October and 17th October 2023.[5]
He made his debut on 1 January 2024 in a friendly against Thailand.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 29 August 2018[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Omiya Ardija | 2018 | J2 League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
- ^ Includes Emperor's Cup
References
- ^ kanji-okunuki at Soccerway
- ^ "大宮、ユース所属Mf奥抜侃志の来季トップチーム昇格内定を発表".
- ^ "Kanji Okunuki zawodnikiem Górnika" (in Polish). Górnik Zabrze. 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Neue nummer 11: Nürnberg holt Offensiv-Allrounder Okunuki" (in German). Kicker.de. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Kanji Okunuki erstmals fürs Nationalteam nominiert" [Kanji Okunuki nominated for the national team for the first time] (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Japan v Thailand game report". ESPN. 1 January 2024.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 165 out of 289)
External links
- Kanji Okunuki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at J. League
- Profile at Omiya Ardija
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- 1 Reichert
- 2 Villadsen
- 3 Soares
- 4 Jeltsch
- 6 Flick
- 7 Pick
- 8 Duman
- 9 Tzimas
- 10 Justvan
- 11 Okunuki
- 14 Goller
- 17 Castrop
- 18 Lubach
- 19 Ševčík
- 20 Jander
- 21 Yılmaz
- 22 Valentini
- 23 Serra
- 26 Mathenia
- 29 Handwerker
- 30 Emreli
- 31 Knoche (c)
- 32 Janisch
- 33 Seidel
- 34 Forkel
- 35 Joachims
- 36 Schleimer
- 37 Kukučka
- 38 Osawe
- 39 Ortegel
- 43 Hofmann
- 44 Karafiát
- Manager: Klose
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