 Kubo in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Takefusa Kubo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kawasaki, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | FC Persimmon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | FC Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 34 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | FC Tokyo | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Yokohama F. Marinos (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Mallorca (loan) | 35 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Villarreal (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Getafe (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Mallorca (loan) | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Real Sociedad | 74 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Japan U16 | 17 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Japan U17 | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Japan U20 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan | 39 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Takefusa Kubo (久保 建英, Kubo Takefusa, born 4 June 2001), commonly known as Take Kubo, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Japan national team.[3] He has been dubbed "Japanese Messi" by Japanese football fans because of his potential and technique.[4][5]
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "久保 建英 Takefusa KUBO, referred to as 'Japanese Messi'" (in Japanese). J.League Data Site. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "He is finally here". Real Sociedad. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Real Madrid sign 'Japanese Messi' Kubo". Asian Football Confederation. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2024.