Takashi Usami

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

## Biography

Usami was born in Nagaokakyo on May 6, 1992. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 2009. He played many matches from the 2010 season and was selected "J.League Rookie of the Year award". In July 2011, he moved to German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on loan. However there were few opportunities to play. In summer 2011, he moved to Hoffenheim on loan. In June 2013, he returned to Gamba in J2 League. He scored 19 goals in 18 matches and Gamba was promoted to J1 end of the 2013 season. In 2014, Gamba won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. He was also selected Best Eleven in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, he moved to Germany again and joined Bundesliga club Augsburg. In 2018, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf was promoted to Bundesliga end of the 2017/18 season. In June 2019, he returned to Gamba.

In October 2009, Usami was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup and played all 3 matches. In July 2012, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place. On March 27, 2015, he debuted for the Japan national team against Tunisia. In 2018, he was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. He played 2 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. He played 27 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"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Gamba Osaka|2009|rowspan="3"|J. League Division 1|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|—|4|1|||
|2010|26|7|4|2|2|0|4|2|1|0|37|10||||||
|2011|14|4|0|0|0|0|7|1|—|21|5|||||||
|2013|J. League Division 2|18|19|2|1|0|0|—|—|20|20|||||||
|2014|J. League Division 1|26|10|4|6|7|5|—|—|37|21|||||||
|2015|rowspan="2"|J1 League|34|19|3|4|1|0|11|4|4|1|53|28||||
|2016|17|5|0|0|0|0|5|0|1|1|23|6||||||
|Bayern Munich II (loan)|2011–12|Regionalliga Süd|18|6|—|—|—|—|18|6||||||||
|Bayern Munich (loan)|2011–12|Bundesliga|3|0|1|1|—|1|0|—|5|1||||||
|1899 Hoffenheim (loan)|2012–13|Bundesliga|20|2|1|0|—|—|—|21|2|||||||
|FC Augsburg|2016–17|Bundesliga|11|0|0|0|—|—|—|11|0|||||||
|Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)|2017–18|2. Bundesliga|28|8|1|0|—|—|—|29|8|||||||
|Fortuna Düsseldorf|2018–19|Bundesliga|19|1|2|0|—|—|—|21|1|||||||
|rowspan="6"|Gamba Osaka|2019|rowspan="5"|J1 League|14|7|1|0|4|1|—|—|19|8||||
|2020|30|6|2|0|2|0|—|—|34|6||||||||
|2021|38|6|4|0|2|0|5|0|—|49|6|||||||
|2022|7|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|8|0||||||||
|2023|14|3|0|0|4|0|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|18|3||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Japan|2015|13|2|
|2016|5|1|||
|2017|1|0|||
|2018|7|0|||
|2019|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Usami 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|31 March 2015|Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Japan|2||4–1|5–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|2|8 October 2015|Al-Seeb Stadium, Muscat, Oman|10||3–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|3|3 June 2016|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan|15||6–0|7–2|2016 Kirin Cup||||||||

## Honours

**Gamba Osaka**
- J1 League: 2014
- J2 League: 2013
- Emperor's Cup: 2014, 2015
- J.League Cup: 2014
- Japanese Super Cup: 2015

**Bayern Munich**
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2011–12
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2011–12

**Fortuna Düsseldorf**
- 2. Bundesliga: 2017-18

**Individual**
- J.League Rookie of the Year: 2010
- J.League Cup New Hero Award: 2014
- J.League Best Eleven: 2014, 2015
- Emperor's Cup top scorer: 2014, 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Takashi Usami
- **image**: JAP-POL (4) (cropped) 2.jpg
- **caption**: Usami lining up for Japan national football team, Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **birth place**: Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Nagaokakyō, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **currentclub**: Gamba Osaka
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, Forward (association football)#Winger, winger
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Nagaokakyō S.S.
- **youthyears2**: 2005–2008
- **youthclubs2**: Gamba Osaka
- **years1**: 2009–2016
- **clubs1**: Gamba Osaka
- **caps1**: 138
- **goals1**: 64
- **years2**: 2011–2012
- **clubs2**: → FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich (loan)
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2011–2012
- **clubs3**: → FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II (loan)
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2012–2013
- **clubs4**: → TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2016–2019
- **clubs5**: FC Augsburg
- **caps5**: 11
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2017–2019
- **clubs6**: → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)
- **caps6**: 47
- **goals6**: 9
- **years7**: 2019–
- **clubs7**: Gamba Osaka
- **caps7**: 103
- **goals7**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2009
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2010
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 13
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **nationalyears5**: 2011–2015
- **nationalteam5**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps5**: 12
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **nationalyears6**: 2015–2019
- **nationalteam6**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps6**: 27
- **nationalgoals6**: 3
- **club-update**: 1 July 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 24 June 2019