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.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCerezo Osaka2012J.League Division 1301000——402013J.League Division 12951083——3882014J.League Division 1302112272—407Total6273110572—8215Red Bull Salzburg2014–15Austrian Bundesliga14320—10—1732015–16Austrian Bundesliga321062—21—40132016–17Austrian Bundesliga211153—50—31142017–18Austrian Bundesliga28741—123—44112018–19Austrian Bundesliga27653—135—45142019–20Austrian Bundesliga14522—62—229Total136422411—3911—19964Liverpool2019–20Premier League10030—10—1402020–21Premier League91102240111742021–22Premier League113435440—2410Total304837690115514Southampton (loan)2020–21Premier League102————102Total10200—60—102Monaco2022–23Ligue 118110—60—2512023–24Ligue 16300———63Total24410—60—314Career total262593615171161131137399

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsJapan20152020185420191572020412021942022121Total4717

Japan score listed first, score column indicates score after each Minamino goal

+ List of international goals scored by Takumi MinaminoNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 September 2018Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan32–03–02018 Kirin Challenge Cup212 October 2018Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata, Japan41–03–02018 Kirin Challenge Cup316 October 2018Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan51–04–32018 Kirin Challenge Cup44–251 February 2019Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates131–21–32019 AFC Asian Cup65 September 2019Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan182–02–02019 Kirin Challenge Cup710 September 2019Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar192–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification810 October 2019Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan201–06–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification915 October 2019Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan211–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification102–01114 November 2019Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan221–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification1213 November 2020Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria251–01–0Friendly1330 March 2021Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan281–014–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification1428 May 2021Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan291–010–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification157–0167 June 2021Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan302–14–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification171 February 2022Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan371–02–02022 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

References

Other websites

Category:1995 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese footballers
Category:Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Cerezo Osaka players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Austrian football champions