KUBO Takefusa

Date of Birth: 4 Jun 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: KAWASAKI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : SPAIN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men JPN Japan	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Group A #01 JPN Japan 1 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Group A #09 JPN Japan 2 MEX Mexico 1	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Group A #17 FRA France 0 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #25 JPN Japan 0 (4) PSO NZL New Zealand 0 (2)	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Semi-final #30 JPN Japan 0 ESP Spain 1 AET	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #31 MEX Mexico 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Copa America

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Senior	2019	Brazil

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	U20	2017	Republic of Korea

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	U17	2017	India

Take, Japanese Messi (tv-asahi.co.jp, 17 Jun 2021; 90min.com, 15 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Japanese, Spanish

Real Madrid CF [Spain] since 2019

Carlo Ancelotti [club], ITA; Hajime Moriyasu [national], JPN

Position style:

Midfielder (japantimes.co.jp, 17 May 2021)

Left-footed (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021)

First A-match in 2019 for Japan Against El Salvador , in Japan (soccer-king.jp, 09 Jun 2019)

National league:

La Liga [ESP] (japantimes.co.jp, 17 May 2021)

"When I was a kid, I was deeply into football. Ever since I can remember, I have been kicking a ball. I don't even remember when I began playing the sport." (goal.com, 25 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
BACK AND FORTH TO SPAIN
In 2011 he moved to Spain to train at La Masia academy of Barcelona CF. However, in 2014 Barcelona CF was given a 14-month transfer ban by the International Federation of Association Football [FIFA] after they were found to have broken regulations on international transfers. Kubo returned to Japan in 2015 to join FC Tokyo, before signing for Real Madrid in 2019. (theguardian.com, 16 Jun 2019, 02 Apr 2014; english.kyodonews.net, 15 Feb 2019; 90min.com, 15 Jun 2019; reuters.com, 15 May 2015)

ON LOAN
He spent the first half of the 2020/21 season on loan at Spanish La Liga club, Villareal. In January 2021 he signed for Getafe on loan before returning to parent club Real Madrid in June that year. (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
AET:: After Extra Time
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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