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Gaku Shibasaki
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Japan · 2011–25

Gaku Shibasaki

Stalwart CM Right-footed
Rating
81
Caps
45
Goals
3
Life
1992
Clubs
Kashima Antlers, Getafe CF, CD Leganés
#29
Editorial rank of 33 for Japan
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Two goals against Real Madrid in the Club World Cup final on 18 December 2016 put Kashima 2-1 up on the European champions, the second drilled past Keylor Navas from outside the box. Two J1 titles in 2016 and 2025, the 2016 Emperor's Cup, League Cups in 2011 and 2012, the Club World Cup Bronze Ball, the 2019 Asian Cup final, and the through ball for Japan's opener against Belgium in 2018 fill out the record. Career record: 45 caps and 3 goals for Japan; club career at Kashima Antlers, Getafe CF, CD Leganés.

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Career record

2011–2016Kashima Antlers
2017–2017C.D. Tenerife
2017–2019Getafe CF
2019–2020Deportivo de A Coruña
2020–2023CD Leganés
2023–todayKashima Antlers
Japan45 caps, 3 goals

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One rank above: Atsushi Yanagisawa at #28.

One rank below: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto at #30.

Japan's editorial top five: Hidetoshi Nakata · Shinji Kagawa · Keisuke Honda · Makoto Hasebe · Shunsuke Nakamura.