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Keisuke Honda
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Japan · 2010–16

Keisuke Honda

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Rating
87
Caps
98
Goals
38
Life
1986
Clubs
Nagoya Grampus, PFC CSKA Moscow, AC Milan
#3
Editorial rank of 33 for Japan
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Japan needed only a draw against Denmark in Rustenburg on 24 June 2010, and Honda opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a knuckling free kick that dipped away from Thomas Sorensen. The 2011 Asian Cup made him its most valuable player, and he went on to become the first Japanese player to score at three World Cups, winning a Russian league title and two Russian Cups with CSKA Moscow and the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana at Milan. Career record: 98 caps and 38 goals for Japan; club career at Nagoya Grampus, PFC CSKA Moscow, AC Milan.

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Career record

2004–2007Nagoya Grampus
2007–2009VVV-Venlo
2009–2013PFC CSKA Moscow
2014–2017AC Milan
2017–2018CF Pachuca
2018–2019Melbourne Victory
2019–2019SBV Vitesse
2020–2020Botafogo F.R.
2021–2021Neftchi Baku PFC
2021–2022FK Sūduva
2024–2024Paro
Japan98 caps, 38 goals

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One rank above: Shinji Kagawa at #2.

One rank below: Makoto Hasebe at #4.

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