Yoshinori Muto

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Muto was born in Setagaya, Tokyo on July 15, 1992. When he played for Keio University, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2013. He played many matches from 2014. In summer 2015, he moved to German Bundesliga club Mainz. He played for the club in 3 seasons. In 2018, he moved to English Premier League club Newcastle United. In 2020, he moved to Spanish La Liga club Eibar.

On Septetmber 5, 2014, Muto debuted for the Japan national team against Uruguay. In 2015, he played at 2015 Asian Cup. In 2018, he was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. In 2019, he participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches and scored 1 goal, and Japan won the 2nd place. He played 29 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2019.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|FC Tokyo|2013|J1 League|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|2014|J1 League|33|13|0|0|5|1|—|38|14||||
|2015|J1 League|17|10|—|4|2|—|21|12|||||
|rowspan="4"|Mainz 05|2015–16|Bundesliga|20|7|1|0|—|—|21|7|||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|19|5|0|0|—|2|1|21|6||||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|27|8|3|2|—|—|30|10|||||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|2018–19|Premier League|17|1|0|0|1|0|—|18|1||
|2019–20|Premier League|8|0|1|0|1|1|—|10|1||||
|SD Eibar (loan)|2020–21|La Liga|26|1|2|2|—|—|28|3||||
|rowspan="4"|Vissel Kobe|2021|J1 League|14|5|—|—|—|14|5||||
|2022|J1 League|26|6|2|0|—|3|1|31|7||||
|2023|J1 League|34|10|4|1|1|0|—|39|11||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Japan|2014|6|1|
|2015|12|1|||
|2016|1|0|||
|2017|2|0|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|4|1|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Muto goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|9 September 2014|Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan|2||1–0|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|2|13 October 2015|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran|17||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|3|17 January 2019|Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates|27||1–1|2–1|2019 AFC Asian Cup||||||||

### Club

**Vissel Kobe**
- J1 League: 2023

### Individual

- J.League Best XI: 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yoshinori Muto
- **image**: Yoshinori_Muto.jpg
- **caption**: Muto playing for Japan national football team, Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **full name**: Yoshinori Muto
- **birth place**: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, Forward (association football)#Winger, winger
- **currentclub**: Vissel Kobe
- **clubnumber**: 11
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs1**: FC Tokyo
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2013
- **youthclubs2**: Keio University
- **years1**: 2013–2015
- **clubs1**: FC Tokyo
- **caps1**: 51
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2015–2018
- **clubs2**: 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05
- **caps2**: 66
- **goals2**: 20
- **years3**: 2018–2021
- **clubs3**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2020–2021
- **clubs4**: → SD Eibar, Eibar (loan)
- **caps4**: 26
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2021–
- **clubs5**: Vissel Kobe
- **caps5**: 76
- **goals5**: 21
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 29
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **club-update**: 11 March 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 1 February 2019