Takashi Inui
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Inui with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2013 | |||
| 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 | 55 | (6) |
| 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 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015 | |||
Takashi Inui (乾 貴士 Inui Takashi, born 2 June 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar and the Japan national football team as a winger or attacking midfielder.
Club career
Inui was the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Letterwinner 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 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.[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 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.[5]
On 26 August 2015, Inui was transferred to La Liga side Eibar, after agreeing to a three-year contract.[6] In April 2017, as the club was chasing a UEFA Europa League place, he was controversially recalled back to his homeland to serve as a delegate for the visit of King Felipe VI of Spain to Japan.[7]
On 21 May 2017 Inui became the first Japanese footballer to score against FC Barcelona, sniping the ball via cross-bar behind Ter Stegen, twice.[8]
International career
Inui made his full international debut for Japan on January 20, 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.[9]
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 | J1 League | 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 | J2 League | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2009 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 48 | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | J1 League | 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 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 281 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 323 | 63 | ||
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
References
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