Yuya Osako

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

Biography
Osako was born in Minamisatsuma on May 18, 1990. After graduating from Kagoshima Josei High School, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 2009. He played many matches from first season and Kashima won the J1 League champions in 2009. In 2013, he scored 19 goals and was selected Best Eleven award. In January 2014, he moved to German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich. In summer 2014, he moved to Bundesliga club Köln. He played many matches for the club in 4 seasons. However Köln was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2017/18 season. In 2018, he moved to Werder Bremen.

In July 2013, Osako was selected the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. In 2014, he was also selected Japan for 2014 World Cup. From 2017, he became a regular player instead Shinji Okazaki. In 2018, he participated 2018 World Cup. He played all 4 matches and scored 1 goal. In 2019, he also participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches and scored 4 goals, and Japan won the 2nd place.

Statistics

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|2009||rowspan="5"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="5"|J1 League||22||3||2||0||1||0||5||3||30||6
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|2010||27||4||5||3||0||0||5||1||37||8
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|2011||25||5||3||1||3||3||4||1||35||10
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|2012||32||9||3||1||9||7||colspan="2"|-||44||17
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|2013||33||19||1||0||7||2||colspan="2"|-||41||21

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|2013/14||1860 Munich||2. Bundesliga||15||6||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||6
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|2014/15||rowspan="4"|Köln||rowspan="4"|Bundesliga||28||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||3
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|2015/16||25||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||1
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|2016/17||30||7||2||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||9
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|2017/18||25||4||1||0||colspan="2"|-||6||2||32||6
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|2018/19||rowspan="3"|Werder Bremen||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga||21||3||2||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||5
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|2019/20||28||8||4||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||9
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|2021/21||||||||||||||||||||
139||40||14||5||20||12||14||5||187||62
172||32||12||5||colspan="2"|-||6||2||190||39
311||72||26||10||20||12||20||7||377||101
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|2013||6||3
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|2014||6||0
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|2015||3||0
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|2016||2||2
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|2017||8||2
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|2018||12||3
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|2019||8||5
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|2020||1||0
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!Total||46||15
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Kagoshima Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Kashima Antlers players
Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2018 FIFA World Cup players