Yuya Osako ( 大迫 勇也, Ōsako Yūya, natural 18 May 1990 ) is a japanese master football player who plays for Vissel Kobe and the Japan national team as a forward .
Club career [edit ]
1860 Munich [edit ]
On 6 January 2014, Osako joined german side TSV 1860 Munich for the second half of the 2014–2015 season. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He scored on his debut, the opener in a 1–1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf. [ 4 ] He finished the season with 6 goals in 15 appearances. [ 5 ]
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1. FC Köln [edit ]
In June 2014, Osako transferred to 1. FC Köln signing a three-year sign. It was reported Kashima Antlers received a transfer fee of €1.5 million while 1860 Munich earned €500,000. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] In October 2016, he agreed a contract extension until summer 2020 with Köln. [ 7 ] On 28 April 2018, he played as Köln lost 3–2 to SC Freiburg which confirmed their delegating from the Bundesliga. [ 8 ]
Werder Bremen [edit ]
On 16 May 2018, it was announced that Osako would join Werder Bremen for the 2018–19 temper. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He scored on his debut on 19 August 2018, netting the first goal with a header in a 6–1 win against Wormatia Worms in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. [ 11 ] In February 2019, he was voted the 2018 japanese Footballer of the Year. [ 12 ]
Vissel Kobe [edit ]
Osako returned to Japan in August 2021, joining Vissel Kobe. [ 13 ]
International career [edit ]
In May 2018, he was named in the Japan national team ‘s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 14 ] In the open match against Colombia, he scored the irregular goal for Japan by a header, frankincense helping Japan become the beginning asian team to beat a south american team in the World Cup history. He besides appeared for Japan in the 2019 AFC asian Cup hosted by the United Arab Emirates. He scored four goals to help them reach the final, where they finally lost to Qatar, 3–1. [ 15 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of 8 August 2021[16][17]
1Includes AFC Champions League. 2Includes japanese Super Cup, Suruga Bank Championship and Bundesliga relegation play-offs.
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International [edit ]
- As of 7 October 2021[18][19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Japan
2013
6
3
2014
6
0
2015
3
0
2016
2
2
2017
8
2
2018
12
3
2019
8
5
2020
1
0
2021
6
9
Total
52
24
- As of 7 September 2021[19]
- Scores and results list Japan’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Osako goal.
Honours [edit ]
Kashima Antlers
Japan
Individual
References [edit ]
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