Masayuki Okano

Personal information
Masayuki Okano
Full name	Masayuki Okano
Date of birth	July 25, 1972 (1972-07-25) (age 35)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Japan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	30
Youth clubs
1991-1993	Nihon University
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-2001 2001-2003 2004-present	Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Urawa Red Diamonds	211 0(36) 058 00(4) 056 00(2)
National team²
1995-1999	Japan	025 00(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Masayuki Okano (Japanese: 岡野雅行, born 25 July 1972 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

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.

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.

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Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad

1 Yamagishi • 2 Tsuboi • 3 Hosogai • 4 Tulio • 6 Yamada • 7 Takahara • 8 Alex • 9 Nagai • 10 Ponte • 11 Tanaka • 12 Tsutsumi • 13 Suzuki • 14 Hirakawa • 15 Escudero • 16 Soma • 17 Edmilson • 18 Koike • 19 Uchidate • 20 Horinouchi • 21 Umesaki • 22 Abe • 23 Tsuzuki • 24 Sakamoto • 25 Kondo • 26 Takasaki • 27 Nishizawa • 28 Kato • 29 Otani • 30 Okano • 31 Hashimoto • 32 Hayashi • Manager: Engels

v • d • e Japan squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Kojima • 2 Narahashi • 3 Soma • 4 Ihara • 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

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