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>","A16C626949206183":"51177","50F712C5D7EA2EE5C48850A5D641D459":"Cerezo Osaka","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Takashi Inui","3653565C44D0522B57B14E876735C3FA":"Cerezo Osaka,Eibar,Real Betis,Alaves[on loan],VfB Stuttgart,Eintracht Frankfurt,VfL Bochum,Yokohama F Marinos","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"1","E630D11720E4B295":"1","5B991257A722E1E0F74ECF7A8C1C2945":"","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"Japan","32F0494A6A8D9C00F8184D20C089D458":"1988-6-2","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"33","58D6F117B0E852FD":"169cm","249186B187931B83":"63kg","e_index":0};