Yoichiro Kakitani

Yoichiro Kakitani
柿谷曜一朗
Personal information
Full name	Yoichiro Kakitani
Date of birth	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current team	FC Basel
Number	14
Youth career
1994–2005	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2014	Cerezo Osaka	129	(37)
2009–2011	→ Tokushima Vortis (loan)	97	(14)
2014–	FC Basel	13	(2)
National team^‡
2005–2007	Japan U17	9	(6)
2007–2009	Japan U20	8	(3)
2013–	Japan	14	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014

Yoichiro Kakitani (柿谷曜一朗, Kakitani Yōichirō) (born 3 January 1990 in Osaka) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swiss Super League team FC Basel.

Club career

Kakitani joined Cerezo Osaka's youth team at the age of 4. In 2006, he signed his first professional contract with Cerezo at 16 – the club record for the youngest player signed to a professional contract. He played his first J-League game on 26 November 2006. He also trained with the Arsenal F.C. and Inter Milan youth teams.

Kakitani entered the e-School^[2] of Human Sciences, Waseda University in 2008. Kakitani was loaned to Tokushima Vortis on 18 June 2009 and returned to Cerezo Osaka in 2012.

Kakitani joined FC Basel to the start of the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season.^[3] He played his debut for Basel on 2 August 2014 as he was substituted in during the 3–2 away win against Thun.^[4]

International career

He was named Most Valuable Player in the AFC U-17 Championship 2006 after helping Japan win the tournament, scoring 4 goals.

Kakitani scored two goals at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea. Against France he scored a spectacular goal from the halfway line.^[5]^[6]

Kakitani debuted for the Japan senior team at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. He played his first international match against China, scoring his first international goal in the 59th minute. He then scored twice against South Korea in a 2–1 win. His three goals from three matches made him top goalscorer as Japan won the tournament.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 September 2014^[8]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka	2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2007	21	2	1	0	-		0	0	22	2
	2008	24	0	0	0	-		0	0	24	0
	2009	6	2	-		-		0	0	6	2
	Total	52	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	53	4
Tokushima Vortis	2009	27	4	1	0	-		0	0	28	4
	2010	34	4	2	0	-		0	0	36	4
	2011	36	6	1	0	-		0	0	37	6
	Total	97	14	4	0	-		0	0	101	14
Cerezo Osaka	2012	30	11	3	1	7	5	0	0	40	17
	2013	34	21	0	0	8	3	0	0	42	24
	2014	13	1	0	0	0	0	8	4	21	5
	Total	77	33	3	1	15	8	8	4	103	46
FC Basel	2014–15	12	2	3	4	-		2	0	17	6
FC Basel	Total	12	2	3	4	-		2	0	17	6
Career total		238	53	11	5	15	8	10	4	274	70

International

As of 2 June 2014

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U-17
	2005	1	0
	2006	5	4
	2007	3	2
	Total	9	6
Japan U-20
	2007	4	2
	2008	2	0
	2009	2	1
	Total	8	3
Japan
	2013	9	4
	2014	3	1
	Total	12	5

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-17

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2006	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar	Singapore	1–0	1–1	2006 AFC U-17 Championship
2.	11 September 2006	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar	Iran	1–0	1–1	2006 AFC U-17 Championship
3.	14 September 2006	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar	Syria	2–0	2–0	2006 AFC U-17 Championship
4.	17 September 2006	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar	North Korea	1–2	4–2	2006 AFC U-17 Championship
5.	19 August 2007	Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang	Haiti	3–1	3–1	2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
6.	25 August 2007	Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang	France	1–0	1–2	2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Under-20

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 November 2007	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok	Myanmar	8–0	8–0	2008 AFC Youth Championship qualification
2.	14 November 2007	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok	Laos	2–0	5–0	2008 AFC Youth Championship qualification
3.	7 December 2009	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Macau	4–0	5–0	2009 East Asian Games

Senior team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 July 2013	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	China PR	2–1	3–3	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2.	28 July 2013	Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	2–1	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.	28 July 2013	Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	2–1	2–1	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
4.	16 November 2013	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–1	3–2	Friendly
5.	4 June 2014	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States	Costa Rica	3–1	3–1	Friendly

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification	U-15	1	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2006 AFC U-17 Championship	U-16	4	1	4	Champions
Japan	2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup	U-17	1	2	2	Round 1
Japan	2008 AFC Youth Championship qualification	U-18	4	0	2	Qualified
Japan	2008 AFC U-19 Championship	U-19	1	1	0	Quarterfinal
Japan	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup	Senior	2	0	3	Champions

Honours

Japan

AFC U-17 Championship (1) : 2006
EAFF East Asian Cup (1) : 2013

Individual

AFC U-17 Championship Most Valuable Player (1) : 2006
EAFF East Asian Cup Top Scorer (1) : 2013
J. League Division 1 Player of the Month (1) : May 2013

References

↑ "National Team Japan". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
↑ university correspondence education
↑ "柿谷スイスのバーゼル移籍決定 ("Kakitani - Moving to Switzerland's Basel")" (in Japanese). NHK. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
↑ Herklotz, Guido (2014). "Der FCB siegt in Thun mit 3:2" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
↑ http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17worldcup/korea2007/results/match=58916/report.html
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqjhIbHqRc – YouTube
↑ EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 Final Competition Score Sheet http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m2.pdf http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m6.pdf
↑ Japan – Yoichiro Kakitani – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway

External links

Yoichiro Kakitani – FIFA competition record

Japan squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

1 Kawashima 2 Uchida 3 G. Sakai 4 Honda 5 Nagatomo 6 Morishige 7 Endō 8 Kiyotake 9 Okazaki 10 Kagawa 11 Kakitani 12 Nishikawa 13 Ōkubo 14 Aoyama 15 Konno 16 Yamaguchi 17 Hasebe (c) 18 Ōsako 19 Inoha 20 Saitō 21 H. Sakai 22 Yoshida 23 Gonda Coach: Zaccheroni

2013 J-League Team of the Year

GK: Shusaku Nishikawa DF: Daisuke Nasu DF: Masato Morishige DF: Yuji Nakazawa MF: Shunsuke Nakamura MF: Toshihiro Aoyama MF: Yoichiro Kakitani MF: Hotaru Yamaguchi FW: Yuya Osako FW: Yoshito Ōkubo FW: Kengo Kawamata

FC Basel – current squad

1 Vaclík 3 Traoré 4 P. Degen 5 Ar. Ajeti 6 Samuel 7 Zuffi 9 Streller 10 Delgado 11 Gashi 14 Kakitani 15 Ivanov 16 Schär 17 Suchý 18 Vailati 19 Safari 20 Frei 23 Albrecht 24 Hamoudi 25 González 33 Elneny 34 Xhaka 36 Embolo 38 Al. Ajeti 39 Callà Coach: Sousa