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Takumi Minamino
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Japan · 2019–22

Takumi Minamino

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Rating
84
Caps
73
Goals
26
Life
1995
Clubs
Cerezo Osaka, FC Red Bull Salzburg, AS Monaco
#17
Editorial rank of 33 for Japan
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At Anfield on 2 October 2019 he scored in Salzburg's 4-3 defeat and gave Liverpool's defence a torrid night; three months later they bought him. A Premier League winner in 2019-20, he was part of Liverpool's 2022 League Cup and FA Cup double, won four Austrian Cups and the Bundesliga with Salzburg, reached the 2019 Asian Cup final with Japan, and has scored 26 goals in 73 caps. Career record: 73 caps and 26 goals for Japan; club career at Cerezo Osaka, FC Red Bull Salzburg, AS Monaco.

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Career record

2012–2014Cerezo Osaka
2015–2019FC Red Bull Salzburg
2020–2022Liverpool
2021–2021Southampton
2022–todayAS Monaco
Japan73 caps, 26 goals

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One rank above: Shinji Ono at #16.

One rank below: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi at #18.

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