japanese football player

Takashi Inui ( 乾 貴士, Inui Takashi, natural 2 June 1988 ) is a japanese football player who plays for Cerezo Osaka and the Japan national football team as a winger or attacking midfielder .

Club career [edit ]

Takashi Inui was an All Japan High School Soccer Tournament supporter in 2006 when his high school, Shiga Yasu HS, won the tournament. [ 2 ]

In 2007, Inui joined Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League Division 1 and made his debut as a professional against Yokohama F.C. in a league catch on 10 March. however, he failed to find a even point at Marinos and was loaned to then J. League Division 2 Cerezo Osaka in June 2008, earning himself a permanent move at the end of the season. [ 3 ] In July 2011, Inui made the jump to Europe, joining Germany ‘s VfL Bochum. [ 4 ] He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga, when he started in a 1–2 home kill versus FC St. Pauli on 13 August 2011 .
Inui signing autograph with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2013 In July 2012, Inui signed a three-year narrow with newly promoted Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt after impressive performance in the german second tier. [ 5 ]

Eibar [edit ]

On 26 August 2015, Inui was transferred to La Liga english SD Eibar for a then club read fees of € 300,000, after agreeing to a three-year narrow. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He became the inaugural Asian actor to play for the club. On moving to Eibar, Inui said, “ It was constantly my dream to play in the spanish league one day. It ’ south been my pipe dream since I was a child and now it ’ s come true ”. [ 8 ] Takashi made his introduction for Eibar on 23 September 2015, starting and providing one help in a 2–2 draw against Levante. He scored his first league goal for Eibar on 10 January 2016 in a 2–1 acquire against RCD Espanyol, scoring the inaugural finish in the 15th minute of game and besides providing serve for second goal. In April 2017, as the club was chasing a UEFA Europa League place, he was controversially called back to his fatherland by Japan ‘s prime minister to serve as a delegate for the chew the fat of King Felipe VI of Spain to Japan. [ 9 ] On 21 May 2017, Inui became the first japanese football player to score against FC Barcelona, sniping the ball via cross-bar behind Ter Stegen, twice. [ 10 ]

actual Betis [edit ]

On 1 June 2018, upon exhalation of his Eibar condense, Inui joined Real Betis on a free remove for a three-year deal. [ 11 ] He made his debut for Betis on August 17 2018, coming on as a substitute for William Carvalho for the last 25 minutes in 3–0 loss against Levante .

Alavés ( lend )

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The following 24 January, after being meagerly used, he moved to fellow league Deportivo Alavés on lend until the end of the season. [ 12 ] He made his debut for Alavés on 11 January 2019 in a 2–0 gain Levante. He scored his inaugural goal for Alavés on March 2 2019 in a 2–1 victory against Villarreal .

restitution to Eibar [edit ]

On 24 July 2019, Inui returned to Eibar on a three-year deal, [ 13 ] for a tip of € 2 million. [ 14 ]

International career [edit ]

Inui made his wide international debut for Japan on 20 January 2009 in a 2011 AFC asian Cup qualification against Yemen. [ 15 ] In May 2018 he was named in Japan ‘s preliminary police squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 16 ] On 24 June, Inui scored his first gear World Cup finish in a 2–2 string over Senegal during their second base group stage match of the tournament. Inui went on to score another finish and registered an help in the tournament. [ 17 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 10 January 2021[18][19][20]

1Includes Emperor ‘s Cup and DFB-Pokal and Copa del Rey. 2Includes J. League Cup. 3Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League .

International [edit ]

As of 26 March 2019[21]
Japan
Year Apps Goals
2009 1 0
2010 2 0
2011 0 0
2012 3 0
2013 6 0
2014 2 2
2015 5 0
2016 0 0
2017 6 0
2018 6 4
2019 5 0
Total 36 6

International goals [edit ]

Score and Result columns list Japan’s goals first.

References [edit ]