Takefusa Kubo

Japan · La Liga · FW,MF · JPN · age 25

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team
Japan
Position
MF
Squad role
Projected starter · #8
Position rank
#3
Intl caps
48
Intl goals
7
Intl assists
17
0.72(model rating, 0–1)
3.5%

See Takefusa Kubo on the full Japan scoring list →

Recent form

Rising

2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.21 vs 0.17).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
World Cup 2022290000.0002410
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Limited sample

Defending

Tackles won / 90
1.00
47
Interceptions / 90
0.00
6
Ball recoveries / 90
5.00
76
Blocks / 90
3.00
100
Clearances / 90
0.00
8
Pressures / 90
39.00
100

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
2.00
3
Key passes / 90
0.00
2
Prog. carries / 90
4.00
6
Pass completion %
53.8%
1

Possession

Carries / 90
16.00
0
Dribbles / 90
0.00
9

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 103 midfielders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better. This player is below the 270-minute bar, so their own rates rest on a small sample: read the percentiles as indicative.

105
Career matches
5,782
Career minutes
8
Goals
7
Assists
9.6
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.12
4
xG / 90
0.15
54
xAG / 90
0.17
94

vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season, 5 seasons from 2019-20 to 2022-23, 8 total goals, 9.6 total xG.Career goals and xG by season, 5 seasons from 2019-20 to 2022-23, 8 total goals, 9.6 total xG.012342021212223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueGoalsAssists
2019-20MallorcaLa Liga352,312443.02.7
2020-21GetafeLa Liga18805110.71.2
2020-21VillarrealLa Liga13299001.51.1
2021-22MallorcaLa Liga281,605103.23.4
2022-23Real SociedadLa Liga11761221.22.3
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

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