Takashi Inui
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Takashi Inui | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Ōmihachiman, Japan | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Eibar | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2004 | Saison Football Club | ||
| 2004–2006 | Yasu High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Cerezo Osaka (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | Cerezo Osaka | 94 | (29) |
| 2011–2012 | VfL Bochum | 30 | (7) |
| 2012–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 75 | (7) |
| 2015– | Eibar | 35 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Japan U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009– | Japan | 19 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016. | |||
Takashi Inui (乾 貴士 Inui Takashi, born 2 June 1988) is a Japanese footballer[2][3][4] who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar and the Japanese National Football Team as a winger or attacking midfielder.
Club career
Inui was a member of the Japan U21. He was the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Letterwinner in 2006 when his High School, Shiga Yasu HS, won the tournament.[5]
In 2007, Inui joined Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League Division 1 and he made his debut as a professional against Yokohama F.C. in a league match on March 10. However, he failed to find a regular spot at Marinos and then was loaned to second division side Cerezo Osaka in June 2008, earning himself a permanent move at the end of the season.[6]
In July 2011, Inui made the jump to Europe, joining Germany's VfL Bochum.[7] He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga, when he started in a 1–2 home defeat versus FC St. Pauli on August 13, 2011.
In July 2012, Inui signed a three-year contract with newly promoted Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt after impressive performance in the German second tier.[8]
On 26 August 2015, Inui was transferred to La Liga side Eibar, after agreeing to a three-year contract.[9]
International career
Inui made his full international debut for Japan on January 20, 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.[10]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2007 | J. League Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cerezo Osaka | 2008 | J. League Division 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2009 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 48 | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | J. League Division 1 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | 41 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | 14 | 5 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 21 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 114 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 132 | 41 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 7 | ||
| Total | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 7 | ||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 87 | 9 | |||
| SD Eibar | 2015–16 | La Liga | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 261 | 52 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 302 | 60 | ||
1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal and Copa del Rey.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
International
- As of 31 March 2015
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References
- ↑ "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Takashi Inui" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Inui, Takashi" (in German). kicker. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Stats Centre: Takashi Inui Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ↑ 前回覇者の鹿児島実を破り、野洲が滋賀県勢初の優勝. Sportsnavi (in Japanese). January 9, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ↑ 乾貴士がＣ大阪に完全移籍. Supportista (in Japanese). December 17, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Bochum holt einen Japaner" [Bochum sign a Japanese player] (in German). DFL. July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Inui signs for Frankfurt". Sky Sports. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ↑ "El japonés Takashi Inui, nuevo jugador de la SD Eibar para las tres próximas temporadas" [Japanese Takashi Inui, new player of SD Eibar for the following three seasons in a record transfer for the club of 300.000] (in Spanish). Eibar's official website. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "AFC ASIAN CUP – QATAR 2011 MATCH SUMMARY". Asian Football Confederation. January 20, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Japan – Takashi Inui – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Takashi Inui > Club matches". Worldfootball.net.
- ↑ "日中韓サッカーU-21代表交流戦 対 U-21韓国代表［於：日本］". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). November 21, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ↑ "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2010". samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). September 7, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- ↑ 東北地方太平洋沖地震復興支援チャリティーマッチ. samuraiblue.jp (in Japanese). March 29, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
External links
- Takashi Inui profile at BDFutbol
- Takashi Inui at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Player statistics at J.League Data Site (Japanese)
- Takashi Inui profile at Soccerway
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