japanese association football player

Takuma Asano ( japanese : 浅野 拓磨, romanized : Asano Takuma ; born 10 November 1994 ) is a japanese professional football player, who plays as a forth for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team. His younger brother Yuya is besides a professional football player presently playing for J1 League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Club career [edit ]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima [edit ]

After attending Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, Asano joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the old age of 18 in January 2013. He went on to win the J1 League in his debut season, making one appearance in the process. Asano went on to win the japanese Super Cup in 2014, while starting to break into the police squad for the J1 League. He helped the side lift the league title for a second time in 2015, this time adding nine goals in 34 appearances. due to his performances, Asano was named the J1 League Rookie of the Year. [ 1 ]

armory [edit ]

On 3 July 2016, Asano was announced as Arsenal ‘s second sign of the temper, subject to a checkup and international clearance. [ 2 ] Manager Arsène Wenger described him as “ a talented unseasoned striker and very a lot one for the future ”. [ 3 ] however, Asano was refused a exploit permit to play in the Premier League. [ 4 ]

lend to VfB Stuttgart [edit ]

On 26 August 2016, Asano was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the conclusion of the season with an option for a further class. [ 5 ] He made his introduction in a 2–1 home loss to 1. FC Heidenheim two weeks late. On 9 April 2017, Asano scored a brace to give his side a 2–0 gain over Karlsruher SC. He helped the team win the 2. Bundesliga and take promotion to the lead flight. On 22 June 2017, the loanword deal with Stuttgart was extended for another season. [ 6 ]

loanword to Hannover 96 [edit ]

On 23 May 2018, Asano was sent on season-long loan to Bundesliga side Hannover 96. [ 7 ]

partisan [edit ]

On 1 August 2019, Asano completed his move to serbian club Partizan. [ 8 ] He signed a three-year condense and was given the numeral 11 shirt, while becoming the first japanese musician in cabaret history. [ 9 ] Asano scored on his debut in an eventual 3–1 home win over turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor in the first peg of the Europa League third qualifying round. [ 10 ] Having scored 18 goals in 33 league matches for Partizan in the ongoing championship, Asano announced on 2 May 2021 that he had rescinded his shrink with the club. [ 11 ]

VfL Bochum [edit ]

On 23 June 2021, VfL Bochum 1848 announced the cabaret have signed Asano who was on free agent. [ 12 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

At youth level, Asano won a amber decoration at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship, scoring a brace against South Korea to give his side a 3–2 win in the final. He besides represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting two goals in the tournament, as the team exited in the group stage. [ 13 ]

senior [edit ]

On 7 May 2015, Asano was invited by Japan coach Vahid Halilhodžić for a two-day train camp. [ 14 ] He was subsequently called up to the team for the approaching 2015 EAFF East asian Cup. [ 15 ] Asano scored his first goal for Samurai Blue in a 7–2 gain over Bulgaria at the 2016 Kirin Cup. [ 16 ] In March 2018, director Vahid Halilhodžić left out Asano and Yosuke Ideguchi for friendly matches with Mali and Ukraine in preparations for the 2018 World Cup due to lack of bring time at golf club level, comment, “ It makes me sad that Asano and Ideguchi are not playing. They were the heroes of our qualifying game against Australia. They have n’t been chosen this clock, and if things continue the way they are, there is a probability that they wo n’t be chosen for the World Cup ”. [ 17 ] In May, Asano was named in Japan ‘s preliminary police squad for the World Cup, but failed to make the final examination edit. [ 18 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of 29 April 2021[19]

International [edit ]

As of 30 March 2021[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2015 3 0
2016 7 2
2017 7 1
2018 1 0
2019 2 1
2020 2 0
2021 3 2
Total 25 6
Scores and results list Japan’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asano goal.[20]

Honours [edit ]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima [ 19 ]
VfB Stuttgart [ 19 ]
Japan’ [ 19 ]
Individual

References [edit ]