Asano playing with Japan at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Takuma Asano[1]
Date of birth
(1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth
Mie, Japan
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s)
Forward
Team information
Current team
VfL Bochum
Number
11
Youth career
2010–2013
Yokkaichi Chuo Technical HS
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2013–2016
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
60
(13)
2014–2015
→ J.League U-22 (loan)
3
(0)
2016–2019
Arsenal
0
(0)
2016–2018
→ VfB Stuttgart (loan)
41
(5)
2018–2019
→ Hannover 96 (loan)
13
(0)
2019–2021
Partizan
56
(22)
2021–
VfL Bochum
80
(12)
International career‡
2014–2016
Japan U23
14
(6)
2015–
Japan
52
(9)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Japan
AFC U-23 Championship
Winner
2016 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024
Takuma Asano (浅野 拓磨, Asano Takuma, born 10 November 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team.
Asano's younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer, currently playing for J1 League side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.
^"FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^"FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: Sanfrecce Hiroshima" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
^"Takuma Asano - Player Profile - Football". Japan Football Association.
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