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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Masayuki Okano<br/>岡野 雅行
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], Japan
| height = 1.75 m
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[forward (association football)|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 = [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|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 national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Masayuki Okano'''|岡野 雅行|Okano Masayuki|born 25 July 1972}} is a Japanese former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]] or [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He played for the [[Japan national football team|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 J.League Division 1|2006 J1 League]], [[2005 Emperor's Cup|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 [[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|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 football team|Japan national team]] for the [[1995 King Fahd Cup]], but he did not play. On 20 September 1995, he debuted for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]. In 1996, he played at the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996 Asian Cup]]. During [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 World Cup qualification]], in the final qualifier match for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] against [[Iran national football team|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 national football team|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.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/okano_masayuki.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>[http://www.gainare.co.jp/news/detail/23823/ Gainare Tottori]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Emperor's Cup]], [[Hong Kong FA Cup|FA Cup]], [[Hong Kong Challenge Shield|Shield]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[J.League Cup]], [[Hong Kong League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Urawa Reds]]
|[[1994 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1994]]
|rowspan="6"|[[J1 League]]
|35||3||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||40||3
|-
|[[1995 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1995]]
|44||5||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||47||5
|-
|[[1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1996]]
|30||11||3||2||13||2||colspan="2"|–||46||15
|-
|[[1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1997]]
|23||4||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||25||5
|-
|[[1998 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1998]]
|34||7||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||36||8
|-
|[[1999 Urawa Red Diamonds season|1999]]
|11||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||15||0
|-
|[[2000 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2000]]
|[[J2 League]]
|26||6||4||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||32||7
|-
|[[2001 Urawa Red Diamonds season|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 Vissel Kobe season|2001]]
|rowspan="3"|J1 League
|11||3||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||3
|-
|[[2002 Vissel Kobe season|2002]]
|24||1||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||30||1
|-
|[[2003 Vissel Kobe season|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 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2004]]
|rowspan="5"|J1 League
|15||1||2||0||8||2||colspan="2"|–||25||3
|-
|[[2005 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2005]]
|20||1||4||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||31||1
|-
|[[2006 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2006]]
|8||0||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||16||0
|-
|[[2007 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2007]]
|11||0||1||0||1||0||6||0||19||0
|-
|[[2008 Urawa Red Diamonds season|2008]]
|4||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!58!!2!!9!!0!!25!!2!!6!!0!!98!!4
|-
|[[Hong Kong Pegasus FC|TSW Pegasus]]
|[[2008–09 Hong Kong First Division League|2008/09]]
|[[Hong Kong First Division League|First Division]]
|9||1||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Gainare Tottori]]
|[[2009 Japan Football League|2009]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Japan Football League|Football League]]
|7||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||1
|-
|[[2010 Japan Football League|2010]]
|16||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||0
|-
|[[2011 Gainare Tottori season|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|J2 League
|13||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||0
|-
|[[2012 Gainare Tottori season|2012]]
|20||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||0
|-
|[[2013 Gainare Tottori season|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===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[1995 Japan national football team|1995]]||3||0
|-
|[[1996 Japan national football team|1996]]||11||1
|-
|[[1997 Japan national football team|1997]]||5||1
|-
|[[1998 Japan national football team|1998]]||5||0
|-
|[[1999 Japan national football team|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<ref name="JNFTD"/>
|-
!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 (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 ||16 November 1997|| [[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], [[Johor Bahru]], Malaysia || {{fb|IRN}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|3–2 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Urawa Red Diamonds'''
* [[AFC Champions League]]: [[2007 AFC Champions League|2007]]
* [[J1 League]]: [[2006 J.League Division 1|2006]]
* [[Emperor's Cup]]: [[2005 Emperor's Cup|2005]], [[2006 Emperor's Cup|2006]]
* [[Japanese Super Cup]]: [[2006 Japanese Super Cup|2006]]

'''Gainare Tottori'''
* [[Japan Football League]]: [[2010 Japan Football League|2010]]

'''Individual'''
* [[J.League Best XI]]: [[1996 J.League|1996]]
* J.League Fair Play Award: [[1996 J.League|1996]]

'''Professional wrestling championships'''
* [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]]: [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]] ([[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship#Reigns|1 time]])<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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)

{{1996 J.League Team of the Year}}
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{{Japan squad 1995 King Fahd Cup}}
{{Japan squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Japan squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Japan squad 1999 Copa América}}
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