Shinji Kagawa enjoyed a near-perfect start to his Besiktas career after moving to the Turkish side on a six-month loan from Borussia Dortmund last week.
After starting Sunday’s league game against Anyalyspor on the bench, Kagawa replaced fellow Manchester United alum Adem Ljajic in the 81st minute.
It took him six touches and roughly 17 seconds to open his account…
With that, Kagawa became the first Japanese player to score in Turkish football, and in the first ever Super Lig match to be screened live in Japan.
Two minutes, he had his second goal…
He may have only played nine minutes thus far, but Kagawa has already bolted up into second place in the Super Lig’s ‘goals scored from outside the area’ chart…
Shinji Kagawa: Only Trezeguet (3) has scored more goals from outside of the box than @S_Kagawa0317 (2) in the Super Lig this season
He’s only registered 9 minutes of Super Lig action this campaign…
For more player stats — https://t.co/IBmQhx2Qtx pic.twitter.com/ISr3qRPwlD
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) 4 February 2019
Besiktas went on to register a really rather comprehensive 6-2 away win over Antalyspor, a result that sees them remain three points behind second-placed Galatasaray in the top flight pile.