Takashi Inui is a Japanese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar and the Japan national football team as a winger or attacking midfielder.<\/P>
Club career
Inui was the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Letterwinner in 2006 when his High School, Shiga Yasu HS, won the tournament.<\/P>
In 2007, Inui joined Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League Division 1 and made his debut as a professional against Yokohama F.C. in a league match on March 10. However, he failed to find a regular spot at Marinos and was loaned to then J. League Division 2 Cerezo Osaka in June 2008, earning himself a permanent move at the end of the season.<\/P>
In July 2011, Inui made the jump to Europe, joining Germany's VfL Bochum. He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga, when he started in a 1–2 home defeat versus FC St. Pauli on August 13, 2011.<\/P>
In July 2012, Inui signed a three-year contract with newly promoted Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt after impressive performance in the German second tier.<\/P>
On 26 August 2015, Inui was transferred to La Liga side Eibar, after agreeing to a three-year contract. In April 2017, as the club was chasing a UEFA Europa League place, he was controversially called back to his homeland by Japan's prime minister, to serve as a delegate for the visit of King Felipe VI of Spain to Japan.<\/P>
On 21 May 2017 Inui became the first Japanese footballer to score against FC Barcelona, sniping the ball via cross-bar behind Ter Stegen, twice.<\/P>
International career
Inui made his full international debut for Japan on January 20, 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen. In June 2018 he was named in Japan’s squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<\/P>","078F3C827B475FC4":"51177","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2022-7-22","8084EC95B881D770":"Shimizu S-Pulse","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","e_index":2};