Masayuki Okano

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Masayuki Okano
岡野雅行

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder, forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1988–1990

| youthclubs1 = Matsue Nihon University High School

| collegeyears1 = 1991–1993

| college1 = Nihon University

| years1 = 1994–2001

| clubs1 = Urawa Reds

| caps1 = 211

| goals1 = 36

| years2 = 2001–2003

| clubs2 = Vissel Kobe

| caps2 = 58

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2004–2008

| clubs3 = Urawa Reds

| caps3 = 58

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = TSW Pegasus

| caps4 = 9

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2009–2013

| clubs5 = Gainare Tottori

| caps5 = 66

| goals5 = 1

| totalcaps = 402

| totalgoals = 44

| nationalyears1 = 1995–1999

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

{{Nihongo|Masayuki Okano|岡野雅行|Okano Masayuki|born 25 July 1972}} is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Okano was born in Yokohama on 25 July 1972. After dropped out from Nihon University, he joined Urawa Reds in 1994. In 1990s, he played as forward in many matches from first season. In 2001 season, his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to Vissel Kobe in September. He played as midfielder from then. He returned to Urawa Reds in 2004. The club won the champions 2006 J1 League, 2005 and 2006 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 2007 AFC Champions League. In 2009, he moved to Hong Kong First Division League club TSW Pegasus. In July 2009, he returned to Japan and joined Japan Football League club Gainare Tottori. The club won the champions in 2010 and was promoted to J2 League. He retired end of 2013 season.

International career

In January 1995, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1995 King Fahd Cup, but he did not play. On 20 September 1995, he debuted for the Japan national team against Paraguay. In 1996, he played at the 1996 Asian Cup. During 1998 World Cup qualification, in the final qualifier match for the 1998 World Cup against Iran, he scored the golden goal that took Japan to their first ever World Cup finals. At the 1998 World Cup, he played 29 minutes as a substitute against Croatia. He also played at the 1999 Copa America. This competition was his last game for Japan. He played 25 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 1999.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/okano_masayuki.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|Includes Emperor's Cup, FA Cup, Shield}} !colspan="2"\|League cup{{efn\|Includes J.League Cup, Hong Kong League Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Asia !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[http://www.gainare.co.jp/news/detail/23823/ Gainare Tottori]{{in lang\|ja}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="9"\|Urawa Reds \|1994 \|rowspan="6"\|J1 League \|35	3	3	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	40	3
1995 \|44	5	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	47	5
1996 \|30	11	3	2	13	2	colspan="2"\|–	46	15
1997 \|23	4	2	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	25	5
1998 \|34	7	2	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	36	8
1999 \|11	0	0	0	4	0	colspan="2"\|–	15	0
2000 \|J2 League \|26	6	4	1	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	32	7
2001 \|J1 League \|8	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	9	0
colspan="2"\|Total !211	36	17	5	22	2	0	0	250	43
rowspan="4"\|Vissel Kobe \|2001 \|rowspan="3"\|J1 League \|11	3	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	13	3
2002 \|24	1	1	0	5	0	colspan="2"\|–	30	1
2003 \|23	0	2	0	6	1	colspan="2"\|–	31	1
colspan="2"\|Total !58	4	5	0	11	1	0	0	74	5
rowspan="6"\|Urawa Reds \|2004 \|rowspan="5"\|J1 League \|15	1	2	0	8	2	colspan="2"\|–	25	3
2005 \|20	1	4	0	7	0	colspan="2"\|–	31	1
2006 \|8	0	2	0	6	0	colspan="2"\|–	16	0
2007 \|11	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	19	0
2008 \|4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
colspan="2"\|Total !58	2	9	0	25	2	6	0	98	4
TSW Pegasus \|2008/09 \|First Division \|9	1	4	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	14	1
rowspan="6"\|Gainare Tottori \|2009 \|rowspan="2"\|Football League \|7	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	8	1
2010 \|16	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	16	0
2011 \|rowspan="3"\|J2 League \|13	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	14	0
2012 \|20	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	20	0
2013 \|10	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	11	0
colspan="2"\|Total !66	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	69	1
colspan="3"\|Career total !402	44	38	5	59	5	6	0	505	54

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="5"\|Japan \|1995	3	0
1996	11	1
1997	5	1
1998	5	0
1999	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total	25	2

:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okano goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Masayuki Okano
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	25 August 1996	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	{{fb\|URU}}	align="center"\|5–3	align="center"\|5–3	Friendly
align="center"\|2	16 November 1997	Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	{{fb\|IRN}}	align="center"\|3–2	align="center"\|3–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Masayuki Okano

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

25 August 1996

Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan

align="center"|5–3

Friendly

align="center"|2

16 November 1997

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

align="center"|3–2

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

Gainare Tottori

Japan Football League: 2010

Individual

J.League Best XI: 1996
J.League Fair Play Award: 1996

Professional wrestling championships

DDT Pro-Wrestling: Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time){{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/16308|script-title=ja:釧路チャリティースポーツフェスティバル|date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021 |work=DDT Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}

Notes

References

External links

{{FIFA player|156059}}
{{NFT player|10735}}
[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/okano_masayuki.html Japan National Football Team Database]
{{J.League player|1660}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090630054633/http://yajin-okano.net/blog/ Masayuki Okano Blog] (Japanese)

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rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|Includes Emperor's Cup, FA Cup, Shield}} !colspan="2"\|League cup{{efn\|Includes J.League Cup, Hong Kong League Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Asia !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[http://www.gainare.co.jp/news/detail/23823/ Gainare Tottori]{{in lang\|ja}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="9"\|Urawa Reds \|1994 \|rowspan="6"\|J1 League \|35	3	3	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	40	3
1995 \|44	5	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	47	5
1996 \|30	11	3	2	13	2	colspan="2"\|–	46	15
1997 \|23	4	2	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	25	5
1998 \|34	7	2	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	36	8
1999 \|11	0	0	0	4	0	colspan="2"\|–	15	0
2000 \|J2 League \|26	6	4	1	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	32	7
2001 \|J1 League \|8	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	9	0
colspan="2"\|Total !211	36	17	5	22	2	0	0	250	43
rowspan="4"\|Vissel Kobe \|2001 \|rowspan="3"\|J1 League \|11	3	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	13	3
2002 \|24	1	1	0	5	0	colspan="2"\|–	30	1
2003 \|23	0	2	0	6	1	colspan="2"\|–	31	1
colspan="2"\|Total !58	4	5	0	11	1	0	0	74	5
rowspan="6"\|Urawa Reds \|2004 \|rowspan="5"\|J1 League \|15	1	2	0	8	2	colspan="2"\|–	25	3
2005 \|20	1	4	0	7	0	colspan="2"\|–	31	1
2006 \|8	0	2	0	6	0	colspan="2"\|–	16	0
2007 \|11	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	19	0
2008 \|4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
colspan="2"\|Total !58	2	9	0	25	2	6	0	98	4
TSW Pegasus \|2008/09 \|First Division \|9	1	4	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	14	1
rowspan="6"\|Gainare Tottori \|2009 \|rowspan="2"\|Football League \|7	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	8	1
2010 \|16	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	16	0
2011 \|rowspan="3"\|J2 League \|13	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	14	0
2012 \|20	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	20	0
2013 \|10	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	11	0
colspan="2"\|Total !66	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	69	1
colspan="3"\|Career total !402	44	38	5	59	5	6	0	505	54