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Takuma Asano

Not to be confused with Takuma Arano.

Takuma Asano (浅野 拓磨, Asano Takuma, born 10 November 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Mallorca and the Japan national team.

Takuma Asano
浅野 拓磨
Asano playing with Japan at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Takuma Asano[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Komono, Mie, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mallorca
Number 11
Youth career
Perna SC
2007–2009 Happu Junior High School
2010–2012 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 60 (13)
2014–2015 → J.League U-22 (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2019 Arsenal 0 (0)
2016–2018 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 41 (5)
2018 → VfB Stuttgart II (loan) 2 (1)
2018–2019 → Hannover 96 (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2021 Partizan 56 (22)
2021–2024 VfL Bochum 83 (12)
2024– Mallorca 6 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 Japan U23 14 (6)
2015– Japan 53 (9)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
AFC U-23 Championship
Winner 2016 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Asano's younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer, currently playing for J1 League side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Club career

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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After attending Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, Asano joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the age of 18 in January 2013. He went on to win the J1 League in his debut season, making one appearance in the process.

Asano went on to win the Japanese Super Cup in 2014, while starting to break into the squad for the J1 League. He helped the side lift the league title for a second time in 2015, this time adding nine goals in 34 appearances. Due to his performances, Asano was named the J1 League Rookie of the Year.[4]

Arsenal

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On 3 July 2016, Asano was announced as Arsenal's second signing of the season, subject to a medical and international clearance.[5] Manager Arsène Wenger described him as "a talented young striker and very much one for the future".[6] However, Asano was refused a work permit to play in the Premier League.[7]

Loan to VfB Stuttgart

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On 26 August 2016, Asano was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season with an option for a further year.[8] He made his debut in a 2–1 home loss to 1. FC Heidenheim two weeks later. On 9 April 2017, Asano scored a brace to give his side a 2–0 win over Karlsruher SC. He helped the team win the 2. Bundesliga and take promotion to the top flight.

On 22 June 2017, the loan deal with Stuttgart was extended for another season.[9]

Loan to Hannover 96

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On 23 May 2018, Asano was sent on season-long loan to Bundesliga side Hannover 96.[10]

Partizan

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On 1 August 2019, Asano completed his move to Serbian club Partizan.[11] He signed a three-year contract and was given the number 11 shirt, while becoming the first Japanese player in club history.[12]

Asano scored on his debut in an eventual 3–1 home win over Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor in the first leg of the Europa League third qualifying round. He entered the field at the beginning of the second half instead of Filip Stevanović and scored his first goal for the club in the 67th minute.[13] Partizan eliminated Yeni Malatyaspor and then the Norwegian Molde, thus qualifying for the Group L of the Europa League, with Manchester United, AZ Alkmaar and Astana as their opponents. Asano played in all European matches for Partizan this season and was also the scorer in the draw with AZ in Alkmaar (2–2) and in the victory over Astana (4–1) in Belgrade.[14][15] Partizan finished on second place in the Serbian SuperLiga, behind Red Star, and Asano scored four goals in 23 league games. He also appeared in four games in the Serbian Cup, scoring two goals, both in the quarter-final match against Radnik Surdulica.[16] However, Partizan did not manage to win the trophy in the Cup, as they were defeated by Vojvodina in the final game after a penalty shoot-out.[17]

In the 2020/21 season Partizan did not qualify for the group stage of the Europa League. After eliminating the Latvian RFS and the Romanian Sfîntul Gheorghe, the club was defeated by the Belgian Charleroi in the third round. Asano appeared in all three European matches (only played one match each due to the pandemic), did not score a goal but recorded an assist to Seydouba Soumah for the only goal in the 2–1 away defeat against Charleroi after extra time.[18] Having scored 18 goals in 33 league matches for Partizan in the ongoing championship, Asano announced on 2 May 2021 that he had rescinded his contract with the club.[19]

VfL Bochum

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On 23 June 2021, VfL Bochum 1848 announced the club have signed Asano who was on free agent.[20] Asano made his debut for The Blues on 14 August in the first game of the Bundesliga season in a 1–0 defeat against Wolfsburg.[21] The Japanese international scored his first goal at the Ruhrstadion on January 22, 2022 in a 2–2 draw against FC Köln.[22] On 2 April 2022 Asano played an excellent game scoring two goals in Bochum's 2–1 away win against Hoffenheim.[23]

On 30 July 2022 Asano scored a goal in the first round of the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal in a 3–0 win against Viktoria Berlin.[24] Takuma Asano netted his first Bundesliga goal since April as Bochum fire five past Hoffenheim. The dominant hosts made it three before the break as Asano chased through the Hoffenheim defence to slot past Baumann - with Antwi-Adjei providing his third assist of the game.[25] In the final round of the 2022–23 Bundesliga season, Asano helped his team avoid relegation play-offs by scoring and providing an assist in a 3–0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. Bochum thus finished the season in 14th position, two points ahead of 16th-placed VfB Stuttgart.[26]

At the start of the 2023–24 Bundesliga, Takuma Asano scored twice in Bochum's 2–2 draw with FC Augsburg. The lightning-fast Asano scored in front of 27,422 spectators in first-half stoppage time to make it 1–1 and also scored in the 64th minute to make it 2–2.[27] After 5 draws and 4 defeats, Takuma Asano scored twice against Darmstadt 98 to give Bochum their first win of the Bundesliga season.[28] On February 18, 2024, Asano scored his seventh goal of the season, and first in seven career meetings with Bayern.[29] He left Bochum at the end of the 2023–24 season.[30]

Mallorca

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On 6 July 2024, Asano joined Spanish side Mallorca by signing a two-year contract.[31] Asano made his debut in the starting lineup on August 18, 2024 in a 1–1 draw against Real Madrid.[32]

International career

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Youth

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At youth level, Asano won a gold medal at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship, scoring a brace against South Korea to give his side a 3–2 win in the final. He also represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting two goals in the tournament, as the team exited in the group stage.[33]

Senior

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On 7 May 2015, Asano was invited by Japan manager Vahid Halilhodžić for a two-day training camp.[34] He was subsequently called up to the team for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[35] Asano scored his first goal for Samurai Blue in a 7–2 win over Bulgaria at the 2016 Kirin Cup.[36]

In March 2018, manager Vahid Halilhodžić left out Asano and Yosuke Ideguchi for friendly matches with Mali and Ukraine in preparations for the 2018 World Cup due to lack of playing time at club level, commenting, "It makes me sad that Asano and Ideguchi are not playing. They were the heroes of our qualifying game against Australia. They haven't been chosen this time, and if things continue the way they are, there is a chance that they won't be chosen for the World Cup".[37] In May, Asano was named in Japan's preliminary squad for the World Cup, but failed to make the final cut.[38]

In his first match in the 2022 World Cup, Asano scored a goal in the 83rd minute to give Japan an upset victory over Germany.[39]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 27 May 2024[40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2013 J1 League 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2014 J1 League 11 0 0 0 2 0 6[a] 0 1[b] 1 20 1
2015 J1 League 34 9 5 4 5 4 — 4[c] 1 48 18
2016 J1 League 14 4 0 0 0 0 4[a] 3 1[b] 1 19 8
Total 60 13 10 4 7 4 10 3 6 3 93 27
J.League U-22 (loan) 2014 J3 League 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2015 J3 League 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 3 0 — — — — 3 0
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 26 4 1 0 — — — 27 4
2017–18 Bundesliga 15 1 3 0 — — — 18 1
Total 41 5 4 0 — — — 45 5
VfB Stuttgart II (loan) 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 2 1 — — — — 2 1
Hannover 96 (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 13 0 2 1 — — — 15 1
Partizan 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 23 4 4 2 — 10[d] 3 — 37 9
2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 33 18 4 3 — 3[d] 0 — 40 21
Total 56 22 8 5 0 0 13 3 0 0 77 30
VfL Bochum 2021–22 Bundesliga 27 3 4 0 — — — 31 3
2022–23 Bundesliga 25 3 2 1 — — — 27 4
2023–24 Bundesliga 29 6 1 1 — — 2[e] 0 32 7
Total 81 12 7 2 — — 2 0 89 14
RCD Mallorca 2024–25 La Liga 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
Career total 263 53 31 12 7 4 23 6 8 3 331 78
  1. ^ a b Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. ^ a b Appearance in Japanese Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in Relegation Playoffs

International

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As of match played 10 September 2024[41]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2015 3 0
2016 7 2
2017 7 1
2018 1 0
2019 2 1
2020 2 0
2021 10 2
2022 9 2
2023 7 1
2024 5 0
Total 53 9
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asano goal.[41]
List of international goals scored by Takuma Asano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2016 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan   Bulgaria 7–2 7–2 2016 Kirin Cup
2 6 September 2016 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Thailand 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 31 August 2017 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan   Australia 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 15 October 2019 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan   Tajikistan 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 30 March 2021 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan   Mongolia 12–0 14–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 15 June 2021 Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan   Kyrgyzstan 5–1 5–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 2 June 2022 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan   Paraguay 1–0 4–1 2022 Kirin Challenge Cup
8 23 November 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar   Germany 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup
9 9 September 2023 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany   Germany 3–1 4–1 Friendly

Honours

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima[40]

VfB Stuttgart[40]

Japan U23[40]

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: Sanfrecce Hiroshima" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Takuma Asano - Player Profile - Football". Japan Football Association.
  4. ^ "Arsenal agree deal for Japan forward". arsenal.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Arsenal to sign Takuma Asano from Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima". skysports.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Arsenal sign Japanese striker Takuma Asano from Sanfrecce Hiroshima". theguardian.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  7. ^ "New Arsenal signing Asano refused work permit". goal.com. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Takuma Asano kommt von Arsenal". vfb.de. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Asano's loan at Stuttgart is extended". arsenal.com. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Asano to join Hannover 96 on loan". arsenal.com. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Takuma Asano leaves Arsenal: Japan striker joins Partizan Belgrade". standard.co.uk. Evening Standard. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "ASANO, KUVAR I SARADNICI: Prvi Japanac u istoriji Partizana stigao sa brojnom ekipom" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Partizan (SRB) 3-1 Yeni Malatyaspor (TUR)". uefa.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  14. ^ "AZ vs. Partizan". Soccerway.com. 28 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Partizan vs. Astana". Soccerway.com. 12 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Asano score twice in Cup quarter-final". Soccerway.com. 3 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Vojvodina vs. Partizan 2–2 (PEN 4–2)". Soccerway.com. 24 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Charleroi vs. Partizan 2–1". Soccerway.com. 24 September 2020.
  19. ^ Soccer: Asano terminates Partizan contract over unpaid salary at Nippon.com
  20. ^ "VfL sign Takuma Asano". VfL Bochum 1848. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  21. ^ "WOLFSBURG VS. BOCHUM 1 - 0". Soccerway.com. 14 August 2021.
  22. ^ "BOCHUM VS. FC COLOGNE 2 - 2". Soccerway.com. 22 January 2022.
  23. ^ "HOFFENHEIM VS. BOCHUM 1 - 2". Soccerway.com. 2 April 2022.
  24. ^ "VIKTORIA BERLIN VS. BOCHUM 0 - 3". Soccerway.com. 30 July 2022.
  25. ^ "BOCHUM VS. HOFFENHEIM 5 - 2". Soccerway.com. 4 February 2023.
  26. ^ "BOCHUM VS. BAYER LEVERKUSEN 3 - 0". Soccerway.com. 27 May 2023.
  27. ^ "AUGSBURG VS. BOCHUM 2 - 2". Soccerway.com. 2 September 2023.
  28. ^ "DARMSTADT VS. BOCHUM 1 - 2". Soccerway.com. 3 November 2023.
  29. ^ "BOCHUM VS. BAYERN MUNICH 3 - 2". Soccerway.com. 18 February 2024.
  30. ^ "VfL verabschiedet 10 Profis" [VfL says goodbye to 10 professionals] (in German). VfL Bochum. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Takuma Asano joins RCD Mallorca". RCD Mallorca. 6 July 2024.
  32. ^ "MALLORCA VS. REAL MADRID 1 - 1". Soccerway.com. 18 August 2024.
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  39. ^ "Japan gets 2 late goals to beat Germany 2-1 at the World Cup". NPR. Associated Press. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  40. ^ a b c d Takuma Asano at Soccerway
  41. ^ a b Takuma Asano at WorldFootball.net
  42. ^ Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards
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