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Personal information
Full name: Takumi Minamino
Date of birth: 16 January 1995 (1995-01-16) (age 31)
Place of birth:    Izumisano, Flag of Japan Japan
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position: Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current club Flag of France AS Monaco
Number 18
Youth clubs
2007–2012 Flag of Japan Cerezo Osaka
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2012–2014
2015–2020
2020–2022
2021
2022–
Flag of Japan Cerezo Osaka
Flag of Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Flag of England Liverpool
Flag of EnglandSouthampton (loan)
Flag of France AS Monaco
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National team
2011
2012
2016
2015–
Flag of Japan Japan U17
Flag of Japan Japan U20
Flag of Japan Japan U23
Flag of Japan Japan
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Takumi Minamino (born 16 January 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 side Monaco.

Minamino began his club career at J.League Division 1 club Cerezo Osaka in 2012 and in his first season he was named J.League Rookie of the Year. In 2014 he moved to Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg with whom he spent four successful seasons. Following impressive displays for the club he joined Liverpool on 1 January 2020, winning the Premier League in his inaugural season.

Making his senior international debut for Japan in 2015, Minamino starred in the team that reached the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

On 7 June 2021, he tied Keisuke Honda's record of scoring in seven straight World Cup qualifiers, netting in Japan's 4-1 win over Tajikistan in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2022 tournament in Qatar.

Honours[]

Club[]

Red Bull Salzburg

Liverpool

International[]

Japan U-23

  • AFC U-23 Asian Championship: 2016

Japan

External links[]

Monaco
AS Monaco FC squad - 2025–26

Hradecky · Vanderson · Dier · Teze · Kehrer · Zakaria · Pogba · Balogun · 10 Golovin · 11 Akliouche · 12 Caio Henrique · 13 Mawissa · 14 Biereth · 15 Camara · 16 Köhn · 17 Idumbo · 18 Minamino · 19 Ilenikhena · 20 Ouattara · 21 Michal · 22 Salisu · 23 Bamba · 27 Diatta · 28 Coulibaly · 29 Brunner · 31 Fati · 40 Stawiecki · 43 Cabral · 50 Lienard ·

Manager:  Flag of Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli
Monaco
Japan national team
Flag of Japan Japan
Japan national team
Japan – 2019 AFC Asian Cup – Runners-up

1. Higashiguchi 2. Miura 3. Muroya 4. Sasaki 5. Nagatomo 6. Endo 7. Shibasaki 8. Haraguchi 9. Minamino 10. Inui 11. Gonda 12. Muto 13. Ito 14. Osako 15. Tomiyasu 16. Aoyama 17. Shiotani 18. Sakai 19. Makino 20. Doan 21. Yoshida 22. Schmidt Manager:  Flag of Japan Hajime Moriyasu