Masayuki Okano

Masayuki Okano
Personal information
Full name	Masayuki Okano
Date of birth	(1972-07-25) July 25, 1972
Place of birth	Yokohama, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1991–1993	Nihon University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2001	Urawa Reds	211	(36)
2001–2003	Vissel Kobe	58	(4)
2004–2008	Urawa Reds	58	(2)
2009	TSW Pegasus	9	(1)
2009–2013	Gainare Tottori	66	(1)
Total		402	(44)
National team
1995–1999	Japan	25	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Masayuki Okano (岡野雅行, Okano Masayuki, born July 25, 1972) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

He was capped 25 times and scored 2 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including 29 minutes as a substitute against Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

In the final qualifier match for France 98 against Iran, he scored the golden goal that brought Japan to their first ever World Cup finals.^[2]

Club statistics

As of 23 January 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1994	Urawa Reds	J1 League	35	3	3	0	2	0	-		40	3
1995			44	5	3	0	-		-		47	5
1996			30	11	3	2	13	2	-		46	15
1997			23	4	2	1	0	0	-		25	5
1998			34	7	2	1	0	0	-		36	8
1999			11	0	0	0	4	0	-		15	0
2000		J2 League	26	6	4	1	2	0	-		32	7
2001		J1 League	8	0	-		1	0	-		9	0
2001	Vissel Kobe		11	3	2	0	-		-		13	3
2002			24	1	1	0	5	0	-		30	1
2003			23	0	2	0	6	1	-		31	1
2004	Urawa Reds		15	1	2	0	8	2	-		23	2
2005			20	1	4	0	7	0	-		31	1
2006			8	0	2	0	6	0	-		16	0
2007			11	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	19	0
2008			4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
Hong Kong			League		FA Cup & Shield		League Cup		Asia		Total
2008–09	TSW Pegasus	First Division	9	1	4	0	1	0	-		14	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Gainare Tottori	Football League	7	1	1	0	-		-		8	1
2010		Football League	16	0	0	0	-		-		16	0
2011		J2 League					-		-
Total	Japan		350	43	32	5	58	5	6	0	446	53
Total	Hong Kong		9	1	4	0	1	0	-		14	1
Career total			359	44	36	5	59	5	6	0	454	54

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 August 1996	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Uruguay	5–3	5–3	Friendly match
2.	16 November 1997	Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Iran	3–2	3–2	1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification AFC Play-off

2006

Gainare Tottori

1 2 "OKANO Masayuki". Japan National Football Team Database.
↑ "Japan finally earns place in soccer's premier event". Asahi Shimbun. 16 November 1997. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
↑ Masayuki Okano at National-Football-Teams.com

1996 J.League Team of the Year

GK: Seigo Narazaki DF: Naoki Soma DF: Masami Ihara DF: Guido Buchwald MF: Jorginho MF: Masakiyo Maezono MF: Motohiro Yamaguchi MF: Hiroshi Nanami FW: Kazuyoshi Miura FW: Dragan Stojković FW: Masayuki Okano

Japan squad – 1995 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Matsunaga 2 Natsuka 3 Tsunami 4 Ihara 5 Hashiratani 6 Moriyasu 7 Horiike 8 Kitazawa 9 T. Yamaguchi 10 Ramos 11 Miura 12 Kikuchi 13 Hasegawa 14 Isogai 15 M. Yamaguchi 16 Fukuda 17 Soma 18 Yanagimoto 19 Okano 20 Kojima Coach: Kamo

Japan squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup

1 Kojima 2 Yanagimoto 3 Soma 4 Ihara 5 Omura 6 Yamaguchi 7 Honda 8 Maezono 9 Takagi 10 Nanami 11 Miura 12 Michiki 13 Hattori 14 Okano 15 Morishima 16 Saito 17 Akita 18 Jo 19 Shimokawa 20 Narazaki Coach: Kamo

Japan squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Kojima 2 Narahashi 3 Soma 4 Ihara (c) 5 Omura 6 Yamaguchi 7 Ito 8 Nakata 9 Nakayama 10 Nanami 11 Ono 12 Lopes 13 Hattori 14 Okano 15 Morishima 16 Saito 17 Akita 18 Jo 19 Nakanishi 20 Kawaguchi 21 Narazaki 22 Hirano Coach: Okada

Japan squad – 1999 Copa América

1 Kawaguchi 2 Saito 3 Soma 4 Ihara 5 Akita 6 Hattori 7 Ito 8 Mochizuki 9 Yoshihara 10 Nanami 11 Lopes 12 Jo 13 Fujita 14 Suzuki 15 Tasaka 16 Oku 17 Morioka 18 Ando 19 Miura 20 Narazaki 21 Okano 22 Fukunishi Coach: Troussier

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