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Koki Ogawa

#19 · FW · NEC Nijmegen
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Eredivisie goal-getter and aerial threat.

NEC's striker converts crosses few others reach.

Tournament Chronicle

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  1. 2026-06-15M031

    The header that started the record goal

    With Japan trailing again to Crysencio Summerville's strike, Koki Ogawa rose to meet a delivery in the 89th minute. His header deflected off team-mate Daichi Kamada and flew into the top corner — the goal Opta logged as the latest Japan has ever scored at a World Cup. The finish went down as Kamada's, but the leap that set it in motion was Ogawa's, a forward's instinct that rescued a point.

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