Minamino with FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Takumi Minamino | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Izumisano, Osaka, Japan | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Cerezo Osaka | 62 | (7) |
2015– | Red Bull Salzburg | 55 | (19) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Japan U17 | 4 | (1) |
2012– | Japan U20 | 8 | (5) |
2015– | Japan | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015 |
Takumi Minamino (南野 拓実, born 16 January 1995) is a Japanese football player who plays as a forward for Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg.
Minamino made 62 J. League Division 1 appearances for Cerezo Osaka, playing alongside Diego Forlán, but the team were relegated in his final season. FC Red Bull Salzburg tracked him for a year and a half before signing him on 7 January 2015, on a contract running until 2018 with the option of a further year.
He made his European debut on 26 February, playing the first half of a 1–3 home defeat (2–5 aggregate) to Villarreal in the second leg of the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League before being replaced by Felipe Pires.
He made his debut for Japan national football team in a friendly against Iran on 13 October 2015, coming as a substitute in 83rd minute.
Last update: 19 December 2016