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>","BE541FF326E82F6A":"Shimizu S-Pulse","7379EA3CEBE73A3F":"169cm","5BB437CAF240E475":"63kg","FD159EB5937AD12F4B2E9E75B80D3D16":"Japan","44815DEA11FB577D5BF802155ED45F52BF89EAE80D401A5B":"1","1A49EE26E6AAD5C64FC6A19EFDD00C1A":"Cerezo Osaka,Eibar,Real Betis,Alaves[on loan],VfB Stuttgart,Eintracht Frankfurt,VfL Bochum,Yokohama F Marinos","B6B40535701B4CD0DB864915DEF06E2A":"","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Takashi Inui","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","4FB95329DB27F065AB688F47FF3E7436":"2022-7-22","7FB3F46040506B81":"Takashi Inui","44815DEA11FB577D3ADEC3055D57C9DB":"0","2278C81F60D7F1ECF170F6DDE4B76865":"Cerezo Osaka","185D9308B7C9E0BBE486C613A62D93FE":"1","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"51177","5BAE2FF41BC6AD03489546EF11EAFCB7":"1988-6-2","EBC62A89E472008E22ACFCF9251EA2ED":"","EDBF020A791C65EC6DC356F5C22437AB":"33","e_index":5};