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Masaya Okugawa

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Masaya Okugawa
Okugawa in 2015
Personal information
Full name Masaya Okugawa
Date of birth (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Koga, Shiga, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Augsburg
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2014 Kyoto Sanga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Kyoto Sanga 5 (1)
2015–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 30 (9)
2015–2017Liefering (loan) 64 (8)
2017–2018Mattersburg (loan) 27 (5)
2018–2019Holstein Kiel (loan) 19 (5)
2021Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 13 (1)
2021–2023 Arminia Bielefeld 63 (13)
2023– FC Augsburg 0 (0)
National team
2013 Japan U17
2013–2014 Japan U20 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2023

Masaya Okugawa (奥川 雅也, Okugawa Masaya, born 14 April 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.

Club career

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Okugawa started with Ayano Boys Club. Then he went on to Kyoto Sanga FC and played in the youth system. In September 2014 he signed a professional contract with them. His debut was in the J2 League on 5 May 2015 against FC Gifu.[1]

In June 2015 he went on to Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga He was then loaned to Liefering. He debuted for Liefering in a league match versus Kapfenberger SV. He made 64 matches for Liefering. Then he was loaned to SV Mattersburg. 2018 he came back to Salzburg and was loaned to Holstein Kiel till the end of 2018–19 season.[2] 2019 he came back to Salzburg and became part of the first squad. In July 2019 he debuted versus SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 in a cup match. His first goal was in a league match versus SK Rapid Wien also in July 2019. On 3 November 2020, Okugawa scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 6–2 defeat against Bayern Munich in the 2020–21 season.[3][4] He played 30 matches for Salzburg and scored 9 goals.


Okugawa joined German club Arminia Bielefeld on loan on 31 January 2021. The deal contained an option to buy.[5] In June 2021 he became part of the Bielefeld squad.[6]

Career statistics

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As of match played 5 May 2023[7][8]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kyoto Sanga 2015 J2 League 5 1 0 0 5 1
Liefering (loan) 2015–16 Erste Liga 30 3 30 3
2016–17 Erste Liga 34 5 34 5
Total 64 8 0 0 0 0 64 8
Mattersburg (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 27 5 3 3 30 8
Holstein Kiel (loan) 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 19 5 2 0 21 5
Red Bull Salzburg 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 23 9 5 2 5[a] 0 33 11
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 7 0 2 1 5[b] 2 14 3
Total 30 9 7 3 10 2 47 14
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 13 1 0 0 13 1
Arminia Bielefeld 2021–22 Bundesliga 33 8 2 1 35 9
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 30 5 2 1 32 6
Total 76 14 4 2 0 0 80 16
FC Augsburg 2023–24 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 221 42 16 8 10 2 247 52
  1. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. "Gifu vs. Kyoto Sanga 1 - 1". Soccerway. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. "Masaya Okugawa auf Leihbasis nach Kiel". Holstein Kiel. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. EN, Depika. "Salzburg vs Bayern München".[permanent dead link]
  4. "Salzburg 2–6 Bayern". UEFA. 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. "Arminia Bielefeld verpflichtet Masaya Okugawa von RB Salzburg". kicker (in German). 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. "Okugawa bleibt in Bielefeld RB Salzburg Homepage (German)". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  7. Masaya Okugawa at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. Masaya Okugawa at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata