Takumi Minamino

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

## Biography

Minamino was born in Izumisano. He started his club career at J1 League club Cerezo Osaka in 2012 and in his first season he was named "J.League Rookie of the Year". In 2014, he moved to Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg. He spent four successful seasons at Salzburg before moving to Liverpool on 1 January 2020. On February 1, 2021 Minamino joined Southampton on loan for the rest of the 2020-21 Premier League season. In 2022 he moved to AS Monaco in France.

Minamino has made over 20 appearances for the Japan national team. He was part of the squad that reached final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and played in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

### 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="4"|Cerezo Osaka|2012|J.League Division 1|3|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|4|0|||
|2013|J.League Division 1|29|5|1|0|8|3|—|—|38|8|||||
|2014|J.League Division 1|30|2|1|1|2|2|7|2|—|40|7||||
|rowspan="7"|Red Bull Salzburg|2014–15|Austrian Bundesliga|14|3|2|0|—|1|0|—|17|3|||
|2015–16|Austrian Bundesliga|32|10|6|2|—|2|1|—|40|13|||||
|2016–17|Austrian Bundesliga|21|11|5|3|—|5|0|—|31|14|||||
|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|28|7|4|1|—|12|3|—|44|11|||||
|2018–19|Austrian Bundesliga|27|6|5|3|—|13|5|—|45|14|||||
|2019–20|Austrian Bundesliga|14|5|2|2|—|6|2|—|22|9|||||
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|2019–20|Premier League|10|0|3|0|—|1|0|—|14|0|||
|2020–21|Premier League|9|1|1|0|2|2|4|0|1|1|17|4|||
|2021–22|Premier League|11|3|4|3|5|4|4|0|—|24|10||||
|rowspan="2"|Southampton (loan)|2020–21|Premier League|10|2|—|—|—|—|10|2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Monaco|2022–23|Ligue 1|18|1|1|0|—|6|0|—|25|1|||
|2023–24|Ligue 1|6|3|0|0|—|—|—|6|3||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Japan|2015|2|0|
|2018|5|4|||
|2019|15|7|||
|2020|4|1|||
|2021|9|4|||
|2022|12|1|||

- _Japan score listed first, score column indicates score after each Minamino goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 September 2018|Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan|3||2–0|3–0|2018 Kirin Challenge Cup|||||||||||
|2|12 October 2018|Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata, Japan|4||1–0|3–0|2018 Kirin Challenge Cup|||||||||||
|3|16 October 2018|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|5|rowspan="2"|style="text-align: center;"|1–0|4–3|2018 Kirin Challenge Cup|||||||||||
|4|4–2|||||||||||||||||
|5|1 February 2019|Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|13||1–2|1–3|2019 AFC Asian Cup|||||||||||
|6|5 September 2019|Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan|18||2–0|2–0|2019 Kirin Challenge Cup|||||||||||
|7|10 September 2019|Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar|19||2–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|8|10 October 2019|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|20||1–0|6–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|9|15 October 2019|Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan|21|rowspan="2"|style="text-align: center;"|1–0|3–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|10|2–0|||||||||||||||||
|11|14 November 2019|Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan|22||1–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|12|13 November 2020|Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria|25||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|13|30 March 2021|Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan|28||1–0|14–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|14|28 May 2021|Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan|29|rowspan="2"|style="text-align: center;"|1–0|10–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|15|7–0|||||||||||||||||
|16|7 June 2021|Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan|30||2–1|4–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|17|1 February 2022|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|37||1–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Austrian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20
- EFL Cup: 2021–22
- FA Cup: 2021–22
- UEFA Champions League runner up: 2021–22

**Japan U23**
- AFC U-23 Asian Championship: 2016

**Japan**
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- J.League Rookie of the Year: 2013
- Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize's Rookie Award: 2013
- IFFHS AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: August 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Takumi Minamino
- **image**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-04-15 (061).jpg
- **caption**: Minamino with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
- **full name**: Takumi Minamino
- **birth place**: Izumisano, Japan
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, Winger (association football), winger
- **currentclub**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **clubnumber**: 18
- **youthyears1**: 2007–2012
- **youthclubs1**: Cerezo Osaka
- **years1**: 2012–2014
- **clubs1**: Cerezo Osaka
- **caps1**: 62
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 2015–2020
- **clubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps2**: 136
- **goals2**: 42
- **years3**: 2020–2022
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2021
- **clubs4**: → Southampton F.C., Southampton (loan)
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2022–
- **clubs5**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 4
- **nationalyears1**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **nationalyears2**: 2012
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 14
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **nationalyears4**: 2015–
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps4**: 49
- **nationalgoals4**: 17
- **club-update**: 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 17 October 2023 (UTC)