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Yuya Kubo
Personal information
Full name Yuya Kubo
Date of birth (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Yamaguchi City, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker, Forward
Team information
Current team
 BSC Young Boys
Number 31
Youth career
2009–2011 Kyoto Sanga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Kyoto Sanga 66 (18)
2013– Young Boys 105 (26)
International career‡
2009–2010 Japan U16 2 (2)
2010–2011 Japan U17 7 (3)
2011–2012 Japan U18 6 (11)
2012 Japan U19 12 (14)
2015–2016 Japan U23 8 (4)
2016- Japan 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Yuya Kubo (久保 裕也, Kubo Yūya, born 24 December 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for the Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys and the Japan national football team.

Club career

At the age of six, Yuya Kubo started playing football for FC Yamaguchi, a local club based in his home city Yamaguchi. From 2006 to 2008, he played at the Konan Junior High School.

Kyoto Sanga

In 2009, at the age of fifteen, Kubo began to play in the Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18 team while he was still a high school student. On August 2010, he was promoted to the first-team at the age of sixteen.

In the next 2011–12 season, he mainly played for the first-team scoring 13 goals in 33 matches. He was a key player in the Kyoto Sanga F.C. team which reached the 2011 Emperor's Cup final scoring in extra time of the semi-final against Yokohama Marinos, breaking the 2–2 deadlock in a match which Sanga would go on to win 4–2.[1] He also scored in the final against F.C. Tokyo, coming off the bench as he did in the semi-final. His goal was in vain this time however, as F.C. Tokyo won the match 2–4.[2]

In the 2012–13 season, Kyoto Sanga announced an update to Kubo's contract improving it to pay him as a first team member.

Young Boys

On 18 June 2013, Kyoto Sanga announced Kubo's transfer to Swiss club BSC Young Boys.[3] He made his Swiss Super League debut on 13 July playing 19 minutes in a 2–0 win against FC Sion at the season opener. On 28 July 2013, he scored two goals and made one assist coming off the bench against FC Thun in a 3–2 win. It was his first goal in his third game in the Swiss Super League.[4]

International career

Kubo has been involved in the Japan National Team from U-16 to U-23 level. He received his first call up to the senior team for the Kirin Challenge Cup,a friendly match against Iceland in February 2012, however he did not feature during the 90 minutes.[5] On 11 November 2016, he made his full international debut for Japan against Oman in the Kirin Challenge Cup 2016.

Career statistics

As of 06 November 2016[6]

Club

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Asia/Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 2011 J2 League 30 10 3 3 - 0 0 33 13
2012 20 1 0 0 - 0 0 20 1
2013 16 7 0 0 - 0 0 16 7
Total 66 18 3 3 - 0 0 69 21
BSC Young Boys 2013–14 Swiss Super League 34 7 3 2 - 0 0 37 9
2014–15 27 5 1 0 - 10 2 38 7
2015–16 29 9 2 0 - 4 0 35 9
2016–17 14 5 2 4 - 8 2 24 11
Total 104 26 8 6 - 22 4 134 36
Career total 170 44 21 9 - 22 4 203 57

1Includes Emperor's Cup and Swiss Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

Honours

Club

Kyoto Sanga F.C.

International

Japan U-23

References

  1. ^ "Yokohama F. Marinos vs. Kyoto Sanga 2 - 4". soccerway.com. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Kyoto Sanga vs. Tokyo 2 - 4". soccerway.com. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)久保裕也選手　BSCヤングボーイズへ完全移籍のお知らせ
  4. ^ "Yuya Kubo continues scoring streak with Young Boys". goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Okubo in squad for Japan friendly versus Iceland". sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Japan - Yuya Kubo - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.
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