Yu Kobayashi

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

Biography
Kobayashi was born in Machida on September 23, 1987. When he played for Takushoku University, he also played for J2 League club Mito HollyHock in 2008. After graduating from the university, he joined J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale in 2010. He became a regular player from 2011. In 2017, Kawasaki won the J1 champions first time in the club history. He also became a top scorer with 23 goals and was selected MVP award. Kawasaki won the J1 champions in 2018 and 2020.

On October 10, 2014, Kobayashi debuted for the Japan national team against Jamaica. He played 14 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2018.

Statistics

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|2008||Mito HollyHock||J2 League||5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0
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|2010||rowspan="12"|Kawasaki Frontale||rowspan="12"|J1 League||6||0||2||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||8||2
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|2011||32||12||3||2||4||2||colspan="2"|-||39||16
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|2012||26||6||3||2||6||2||colspan="2"|-||35||10
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|2013||23||5||2||0||8||2||colspan="2"|-||33||7
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|2014||30||12||2||0||2||0||6||3||40||15
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|2015||18||5||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||21||5
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|2016||32||15||3||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||37||16
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|2017||34||23||2||0||5||0||10||6||51||29
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|2018||27||15||1||0||0||0||4||0||32||15
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|2019||31||13||1||1||4||2||5||1||41||17
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|2020||27||14||2||0||5||4||colspan="2"|-||34||18
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|2021||||||||||||||||||||
291||120||23||8||37||12||25||10||376||150
291||120||23||8||37||12||25||10||376||150
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|2014||2||0
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|2015||0||0
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|2016||6||0
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|2017||3||2
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|2018||3||0
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!Total||14||2
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Mito HollyHock players
Category:Kawasaki Frontale players