Takefusa Kubo facts for kids
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Takefusa Kubo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.73 m | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Getafe (on loan from Real Madrid) |
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| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | FC Persimmon | ||
| 2008–2010 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 2010–2011 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| 2011–2015 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 2015–2017 | 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– | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Mallorca (loan) | 35 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | → Villarreal (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2021– | → Getafe (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Japan U15 | 5 | (7) |
| 2016 | Japan U16 | 12 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Japan U17 | 11 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Japan U19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2017 | Japan U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | Japan U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Japan U22 | 4 | (2) |
| 2019– | Japan | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2021. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Takefusa Kubo (born on June 4, 2001 in Kawasaki, Japan) is a Japanese footballer. He plays as a winger for Spanish team Getafe (on loan from Real Madrid) and the Japanese national team.
Fame
Originally from the training organization of the world famous football club FC Barcelona. At that time, he was called “Japanese Messi” and “Left handed Iniesta” because his play style is similar to Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta. His number one feature is ball control skill. Due to his great dribbling these nicknames are well-deserved.
Career before becoming a professional
He has started to play soccer since he was 3 years old. In August 2009, he saw an advertisement saying that Barcelona Camp would be held in Japan and you could play against Barcelona if you could become an MVP there. In April 2010, he participated in a tournament held in Belgium as a Barcelona school selection and was selected as a tournament MVP. After that, he belonged to the subordinate organization of Kawasaki Frontale. In August 2011, he passed the trial match of FC Barcelona’s subordinate organization Cantera and went to Spain. He played soccer in Spain until 2015, but an accident happened and he returned to japan. And then he joined FC Tokyo’s subordinate organization. In May 2017, he made his debut as a top team. And he became the first J-Leaguer born in the 21th century.
Career after becoming a professional
In November 2017, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with FC Tokyo. He made his first debut in the match on November 26, and set a young record for the third place in J-League history. However, he gradually lost the opportunity to participate in the match and transferred to Yokohama F-Marinos for a limited time in order to improve the quality of performance. He had played there for 5 months. He returned to FC Tokyo in 2019 and played for half of a year. Then in June 2019 it was decided to transfer to Spain’s prestigious Real Madrid and play as Team B. His technique was highly evaluated and he was promoted to the top team. In the Spanish newspaper Maruka, he was selected as the first place in the evaluation ranking. In August 2019, he transferred to Mallorca for a limited time. He was selected as “Break Eleven” by La Liga Espanola with a clear (obvious) record in the team suffering from the bottom of ranking, and (despite) his performance attracted worldwide attention. In August 2020, it was announced that he transferred to Villarreal for a limited time. And recently it was announced that he would leave Villarreal.
