Yuya Kubo (footballer)

Yuya Kubo
Personal information
Full name Yuya Kubo
Date of birth (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993
Place of birth Yamaguchi City, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker, Forward
Club information
Current team
BSC Young Boys
Number 24
Youth career
2009–2011 Kyoto Sanga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Kyoto Sanga 66 (18)
2013– Young Boys 77 (16)
National team
2009–2010 Japan U16 2 (2)
2010–2011 Japan U17 7 (3)
2011–2012 Japan U18 6 (11)
2012 Japan U19 12 (14)
2015–2016 Japan U23 8 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:16, 5 December 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2016

Yuya Kubo (久保 裕也 Kubo Yūya, born 24 December 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for BSC Young Boys in the Swiss Super League.

Career

At the age of six, Yuya Kubo started playing football for FC Yamaguchi, a local club based in his home city Yamaguchi. From 2006 to 2008, he played in Konan Junior High School.

In 2009,at the age of fifteen, he began to play in Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18 team while he was still a high school student.On August 2010, he got promoted to the first-team at the age of sixteen.

In the next 2011-12 season, he mainly played for the first-team (scoring 13 goals in 33 matches). He was a key player in the Kyoto Sanga F.C. team which reached the 2011 Emperor's Cup Final. He scored in extra time of the semi-final against Yokohama Marinos, breaking the 2-2 deadlock in a match which Sanga would go on to win 4-2.[1] He also scored in the Final against F.C. Tokyo, coming off the bench as he did in the semi-final. His goal was in vain this time however, as F.C. Tokyo won the match 2-4.[2]

Kubo has been involved in the Japan National Team from U-16 to U-23 level. He received his first call up to the senior team for the Kirin Challenge Cup,a friendly match against Iceland in February 2012, however he did not feature during the 90 minutes.[3]

In the 2012-13 season, Kyoto Sanga announced an update to Kubo's contract; this time it was improved to pay him as a first team member.

On 18 June 2013, Kyoto Sanga announced his transfer to BSC Young Boys, the Swiss club.[4] He made his Swiss Super League debut on 13 July playing 19 minutes in a 2–0 lead against FC Sion at the season opener. On 28 July 2013, he scored 2 goals and 1 assist coming off the bench against FC Thun in a 3-2 win. It was his first goal in his third game in the Swiss Super League.[5]

Career statistics

As of 5 December 2015[6]

Club

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Asia/Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 2011 J2 League 301033-003313
2012 20100-00201
2013 16700-00167
Total 661833-006921
BSC Young Boys 2013–14 Swiss Super League 34732-00379
2014–15 26510-102377
2015–16 17432-40246
Total 771674-1429822
Career total 14334107-14216743

1Includes Emperor's Cup and Swiss Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

Honours

Club

Kyoto Sanga F.C.

International

Japan U-23

References

External links

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