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Mu Kanazaki

Mu Kanazaki

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Verspah Oita
Age37
CitizenshipJapan
Height1.82 m
Footright
BornFebruary 16, 1989
at Verspah Oita 641 days · joined 2024-08-21
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
10/11
debut season
0.23
goals / match
Nagoya Grampus
top club · 148 apps

Career highs

€2.00m
peak value · 2018
top transfer fee
16
best season · 2017
15 / 2
int'l caps / goals
572Appearances
134Goals
53Assists
65Yellow cards
0Red cards
142Full matches (90′)
Full nameMu Kanazaki
Name in home country金崎 夢生
Date of birth1989-02-16 (37 yrs)
Place of birthTsu, Mie, Japan
CitizenshipJapan
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height182.00 m
Current clubVerspah Oita
Joined2024-08-21
Contract expires2026-01-31
OutfitterMizuno
Jul 2025
2025 — Verspah Oita
19 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2024
Transfer: Without Club → Verspah Oita
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — Verspah Oita
11 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Feb 2024
Transfer: FC Ryukyu → Without Club
23/24 · Transfer
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2023
2023 — FC Ryukyu
24 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2023
Transfer: Oita Trinita → FC Ryukyu
22/23 · Transfer
Aug 2022
Transfer: Nagoya Grampus → Oita Trinita
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
2022 — Nagoya Grampus, Oita Trinita
26 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2021
2021 — Nagoya Grampus
10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2021
Transfer: Sagan Tosu → Nagoya Grampus
20/21 · Transfer
Jan 2021
Transfer: Nagoya Grampus → Sagan Tosu
20/21 · Return from loan
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
39 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Nagoya Grampus
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2020
2020 — Nagoya Grampus, Sagan Tosu
27 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2020
Injury: unknown
Mar 2020
Transfer: Sagan Tosu → Nagoya Grampus
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
2019 — Sagan Tosu
37 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: Kashima Antlers → Sagan Tosu
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
2018 — Kashima Antlers, Sagan Tosu
31 matches · 10 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Kashima Antlers
6 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
2017 — Kashima Antlers
38 matches · 16 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Kashima Antlers
5 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2016
2016 — Kashima Antlers
36 matches · 13 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
May 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2016
Transfer: Portimonense → Kashima Antlers
15/16 · Transfer
Dec 2015
Transfer: Kashima Antlers → Portimonense
15/16 · Return from loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Portimonense SAD
4 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
2015 — Kashima Antlers
32 matches · 14 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2015
Transfer: Portimonense → Kashima Antlers
14/15 · Loan
Jul 2014
14/15 — Kashima Antlers, Portimonense SAD
25 matches · 12 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2013
Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → Portimonense
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Portimonense SAD
33 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Nagoya Grampus → 1.FC Nuremberg
12/13 · Transfer
Aug 2012
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
2012 — Nagoya Grampus
37 matches · 6 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Nagoya Grampus
7 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
2011 — Nagoya Grampus
19 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2011
Injury: unknown
16 games missed
Apr 2011
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Oct 2010
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — Nagoya Grampus
4 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2010
2010 — Nagoya Grampus
30 matches · 4 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
May 2010
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
May 2010
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jan 2010
Transfer: Oita Trinita → Nagoya Grampus
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2009
2009 — Oita Trinita
36 matches · 5 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
2008 — Oita Trinita
43 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
2007 — Oita Trinita
23 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2007
Transfer: Takigawa HS → Oita Trinita
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 299 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals8 total · 3.89/90
100
Assists1 total · 0.49/90
89
G+A9 total · 4.38/90
100
Yellow cards3 total · 1.46/90
1
12,801 min
Minutes played by club
Verspah Oita 3.9%
FC Ryukyu 8.4%
Nagoya Grampus 20.6%
Oita Trinita 34.7%
Sagan Tosu 6.9%
Kashima Antlers 19.6%
Portimonense SAD 5.9%
1.FC Nuremberg 0.0%
1.FC Nuremberg II 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Verspah Oita 2 2024 2025 30 9 1 497
FC Ryukyu 1 2023 2023 24 2 3 1,072
Nagoya Grampus 9 10/11 2022 148 23 21 2,639
Oita Trinita 4 2007 2022 115 13 5 4,446
Sagan Tosu 3 2018 2020 53 11 3 879
Kashima Antlers 7 14/15 2018 137 58 19 2,513
Portimonense SAD 3 13/14 15/16 58 18 1 755
1.FC Nuremberg 1 12/13 12/13 4 0 0 0
1.FC Nuremberg II 1 12/13 12/13 3 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€375K11€750K17€1.1M22€1.5M10/11 — 3 goals (Nagoya Grampus)310/1111/12 — 1 goals (Nagoya Grampus)11/12 — 1 assists211/1212/1313/14 — 7 goals (Portimonense SAD)713/1414/15 — 12 goals (Kashima Antlers)1214/1515/16 — 1 assists115/1616/17 — 4 goals (Kashima Antlers)16/17 — 1 assists516/1717/18 — 3 goals (Kashima Antlers)317/1820/212007 — 3 goals (Oita Trinita)320072008 — 4 goals (Oita Trinita)420082009 — 5 goals (Oita Trinita)2009 — 5 assists1020092010 — 4 goals (Nagoya Grampus)2010 — 7 assists1120102011 — 1 goals (Nagoya Grampus)2011 — 3 assists420112012 — 6 goals (Nagoya Grampus)2012 — 5 assists1120122015 — 14 goals (Kashima Antlers)2015 — 3 assists1720152016 — 13 goals (Kashima Antlers)2016 — 8 assists2120162017 — 16 goals (Kashima Antlers)2017 — 6 assists2220172018 — 10 goals (Sagan Tosu)2018 — 2 assists1220182019 — 8 goals (Sagan Tosu)2019 — 2 assists1020192020 — 6 goals (Nagoya Grampus)2020 — 4 assists1020202021 — 1 goals (Nagoya Grampus)120212022 — 2 goals (Oita Trinita)2022 — 1 assists320222023 — 2 goals (FC Ryukyu)2023 — 3 assists520232024 — 1 goals (Verspah Oita)120242025 — 8 goals (Verspah Oita)2025 — 1 assists9202510/11 — €1.5M11/12 — €1.2M12/13 — €1.2M13/14 — €1.3M15/16 — €700K16/17 — €1.2M17/18 — €1.5M20/21 — €1.2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

10/11: 3310/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 7713/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 3317/1820/21: 0020/212007: 3320072008: 4420082009: 5520092010: 4420102011: 1120112012: 6620122015: 141420152016: 131320162017: 161620172018: 101020182019: 8820192020: 6620202021: 1120212022: 2220222023: 2220232024: 1120242025: 882025

Assists by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 0017/1820/21: 0020/212007: 0020072008: 0020082009: 5520092010: 7720102011: 3320112012: 5520122015: 3320152016: 8820162017: 6620172018: 2220182019: 2220192020: 4420202021: 0020212022: 1120222023: 3320232024: 0020242025: 112025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Emperor's Cup Verspah Oita 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Japan Football League Verspah Oita 18 8 1 3 0 185
2024 Japan Football League Verspah Oita 11 1 0 0 0 312
2023 Emperor's Cup FC Ryukyu 2 1 0 0 0 210
2023 J3 League FC Ryukyu 22 1 3 3 0 862
2022 Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 5 1 0 1 0 214
2022 J1 League Nagoya Grampus 7 0 1 0 0 0
2022 J1 Play-off Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 0
2022 J2 League Oita Trinita 12 1 0 2 0 451
2021 Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 3 0 0 1 0 0
2021 J1 League Nagoya Grampus 6 1 0 0 0 101
2020 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 J. League Cup Sagan Tosu 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 J1 League Nagoya Grampus 25 6 4 1 0 318
2019 Emperor's Cup Sagan Tosu 2 1 1 0 0 99
2019 J. League Cup Sagan Tosu 4 0 0 0 0 0
2019 J1 League Sagan Tosu 31 7 1 3 0 348
2018 Emperor's Cup Kashima Antlers 1 0 1 0 0 0
2018 J1 League Sagan Tosu 15 3 1 0 0 432
2018 J1 League Kashima Antlers 15 7 0 3 0 182
2017 Club World Cup Kashima Antlers 4 2 1 0 0 106
2017 Emperor's Cup Kashima Antlers 1 2 0 0 0 29
2017 J. League Cup Kashima Antlers 2 0 0 0 0 0
2017 J1 League Kashima Antlers 30 12 5 4 0 198
2017 Jap. Super Cup Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Emperor's Cup Kashima Antlers 2 0 0 1 0 0
2016 J. League Championship Kashima Antlers 3 3 0 1 0 90
2016 J1 - 1st Stage Kashima Antlers 15 8 5 5 0 166
2016 J1 - 2nd Stage Kashima Antlers 15 2 3 0 0 663
2016 Suruga Bank Cup Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Emperor's Cup Kashima Antlers 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 J. League Cup Kashima Antlers 5 5 0 1 0 74
2015 J1 - 1st Stage Kashima Antlers 13 4 0 1 0 237
2015 J1 - 2nd Stage Kashima Antlers 14 5 3 1 0 242
2012 Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus 4 1 0 1 0 270
2012 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 J.League Div.1 Nagoya Grampus 32 5 5 0 0 428
2011 Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus 4 0 0 0 0 0
2011 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 2 1 0 0 0 216
2011 J.League Div.1 Nagoya Grampus 12 0 3 1 0 0
2011 Jap. Super Cup Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 1 0 0
2010 Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus 2 0 1 0 0 0
2010 J. League Cup Nagoya Grampus 3 0 0 0 0 0
2010 J.League Div.1 Nagoya Grampus 25 4 6 4 0 486
2009 Emperor's Cup Oita Trinita 2 3 0 0 0 70
2009 J. League Cup Oita Trinita 3 1 0 0 0 163
2009 J.League Div.1 Oita Trinita 30 1 5 3 0 2,434
2009 Suruga Bank Cup Oita Trinita 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 J. League Cup Oita Trinita 9 0 0 0 0 0
2008 J.League Div.1 Oita Trinita 34 4 0 3 0 744
2007 Emperor's Cup Oita Trinita 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 J. League Cup Oita Trinita 4 1 0 0 0 253
2007 J.League Div.1 Oita Trinita 18 2 0 1 0 331
20/21 AFC Champions League Nagoya Grampus 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 AFC Champions League Kashima Antlers 6 3 0 1 0 139
16/17 AFC Champions League Kashima Antlers 5 4 1 1 0 94
15/16 Allianz Cup Portimonense SAD 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Ledman LigaPro Portimonense SAD 2 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 AFC Champions League Kashima Antlers 4 1 0 1 0 293
14/15 Allianz Cup Portimonense SAD 3 1 0 0 0 225
14/15 Liga Portugal 2 Portimonense SAD 17 9 0 5 0 159
14/15 Taça de Portugal Portimonense SAD 1 1 0 0 0 21
13/14 Allianz Cup Portimonense SAD 1 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Liga Portugal 2 Portimonense SAD 30 7 0 5 0 350
13/14 Taça de Portugal Portimonense SAD 2 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Bundesliga 1.FC Nuremberg 4 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Regionalliga Bayern 1.FC Nuremberg II 3 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 AFC Champions League Nagoya Grampus 7 1 1 0 0 506
10/11 AFC Champions League Nagoya Grampus 4 3 0 1 0 100
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2007-02-01 Takigawa HS Oita Trinita Transfer 0
09/10 2010-01-01 Oita Trinita Nagoya Grampus Transfer 1600000
12/13 2013-01-30 Nagoya Grampus 1.FC Nuremberg Transfer 1200000
13/14 2013-09-02 1.FC Nuremberg Portimonense Transfer 900000
14/15 2015-02-10 Portimonense Kashima Antlers Loan 900000
15/16 2015-12-25 Kashima Antlers Portimonense Return from loan 700000
15/16 2016-02-12 Portimonense Kashima Antlers Transfer 700000
18/19 2018-07-24 Kashima Antlers Sagan Tosu Transfer 2000000
19/20 2020-03-25 Sagan Tosu Nagoya Grampus Loan 1500000
20/21 2021-01-31 Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu Return from loan 1000000
20/21 2021-02-01 Sagan Tosu Nagoya Grampus Transfer 1000000
22/23 2022-08-10 Nagoya Grampus Oita Trinita Transfer 550000
22/23 2023-02-24 Oita Trinita FC Ryukyu Transfer 350000
23/24 2024-02-01 FC Ryukyu Without Club Transfer 200000
24/25 2024-08-21 Without Club Verspah Oita Transfer 150000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
09/10 Hamstring strain 2010-05-02 2010-05-14 13 2
09/10 Hamstring strain 2010-05-26 2010-06-28 34 9
10/11 Hamstring strain 2010-10-30 2010-11-27 29 7
10/11 Hamstring strain 2011-04-25 2011-06-09 46 10
11/12 Hamstring strain 2011-06-14 2011-08-24 72 16
12/13 Thigh problems 2012-08-08 2012-08-15 8 3
17/18 Ill 2016-05-21 2016-05-22 2 1
17/18 Lumbago 2017-10-24 2017-10-25 2 1
19/20 Corona virus 2020-06-01 2020-06-15 15 0
20/21 Cruciate ligament injury 2020-11-12 2021-08-19 281 39
23/24 Torn ankle ligaments 2023-11-07 2023-12-05 29 4
Current€150k
Peak€2.00m
Low
Δ since start−€1.45m
€500k€1.00m€1.50m€2.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.85m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #24750 4 0 former national player
Team #3435 #15 11 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Gen Shoji 2 0 0
Shoma Doi 2 10 0
Daigo Nishi 2 2 0
Naomichi Ueda 2 0 0
Yuma Suzuki 2 13 0
Ryota Nagaki 2 2 0
Shusaku Nishikawa 1 0 0
Masato Morishige 1 0 0
Gaku Shibasaki 2 6 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2017 J1 League Kashima Antlers 12 30
2018 J1 League Sagan Tosu 10 30
14/15 Liga Portugal 2 Portimonense SAD 9 17

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2010 J.League Div.1 Nagoya Grampus 6 25
2009 J.League Div.1 Oita Trinita 5 30
2012 J.League Div.1 Nagoya Grampus 5 32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-01-31 Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu Return from loan €1.00m
19/20 2020-03-25 Sagan Tosu Nagoya Grampus Loan €1.50m
15/16 2015-12-25 Kashima Antlers Portimonense Return from loan €700k
14/15 2015-02-10 Portimonense Kashima Antlers Loan €900k

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 Senior debut season
10/11 First senior goal
2012 Goal #50 (career)
2018 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 19 185 3 0 0 1.46
2023 24 1,072 3 1 0 0.34
2022 26 665 4 0 0 0.54
2021 10 101 1 0 0 0.89
2020 27 318 1 0 0 0.28
2019 37 447 3 1 0 0.81
2018 31 614 3 0 0 0.44
2017 38 333 4 0 0 1.08
2016 36 919 7 0 0 0.69
2015 32 553 3 1 0 0.65
2012 37 698 1 0 0 0.13
2011 19 216 2 0 0 0.83
2010 30 486 4 0 0 0.74
2009 36 2,667 3 0 0 0.1
2008 43 744 3 0 0 0.36
2007 23 584 1 0 0 0.15
17/18 6 139 1 0 0 0.65
16/17 5 94 1 0 0 0.96
15/16 4 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 25 698 6 0 0 0.77
13/14 33 350 7 0 0 1.8
12/13 7 0 2 0 0 0
10/11 4 100 1 0 0 0.9

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

J1 League
280 apps
52 G
31 A
Liga Portugal 2
49 apps
16 G
1 A
J1 - 1st Stage
28 apps
12 G
5 A
AFC Champions League
28 apps
12 G
2 A
Japan Football League
29 apps
9 G
1 A
J. League Cup
43 apps
9 G
0 A
Emperor's Cup
24 apps
8 G
3 A
J1 - 2nd Stage
29 apps
7 G
6 A
J. League Championship
3 apps
3 G
0 A
Club World Cup
4 apps
2 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Mu Kanazaki

Who is Mu Kanazaki?

Mu Kanazaki is a Japan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Verspah Oita.

How old is Mu Kanazaki?

Mu Kanazaki is 37 years old. He was born on February 16, 1989 in Tsu, Mie.

What position does Mu Kanazaki play?

Mu Kanazaki plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Mu Kanazaki play for?

Mu Kanazaki currently plays for Verspah Oita.

How many career goals has Mu Kanazaki scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Mu Kanazaki has scored 134 goals in 572 appearances.