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Takehiro Tomiyasu

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Rating
86
Caps
23
Life
1998
Clubs
Avispa Fukuoka, Bologna F.C. 1909, Arsenal
#9
Editorial rank of 33 for Japan
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Hajime Moriyasu sent him on at half-time on 23 November 2022, Japan a goal down to Germany, rebuilt the back line as a five around him, and won 2-1 on the day of Tomiyasu's World Cup debut. Runner-up with Japan at the 2019 Asian Cup, he won the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship with a back line that conceded nothing in six matches and took the 2023 Community Shield during four years at Arsenal. Career record: 23 caps for Japan; club career at Avispa Fukuoka, Bologna F.C. 1909, Arsenal.

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Career record

2015–2017Avispa Fukuoka
2018–2019Sint-Truidense V.V.
2019–2021Bologna F.C. 1909
2021–2025Arsenal
2025–todayAFC Ajax
Japan23 caps

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One rank above: Kunishige Kamamoto at #8.

One rank below: Yasuhito Endo at #10.

Japan's editorial top five: Hidetoshi Nakata · Shinji Kagawa · Keisuke Honda · Makoto Hasebe · Shunsuke Nakamura.