Yoshinori Muto
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Muto playing for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yoshinori Muto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Vissel Kobe | |||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2004 | Buddy SC | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | FC Tokyo | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Keio University | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | FC Tokyo | 51 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Mainz 05 | 66 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Newcastle United | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Eibar (loan) | 26 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Vissel Kobe | 111 | (34) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Japan | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Yoshinori Muto (武藤 嘉紀, Mutō Yoshinori, born 15 July 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Vissel Kobe.
Muto started his career with J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2013 who he played with for three seasons. In May 2015, he signed for German club Mainz 05 where he amassed 72 appearances and scored 23 goals before moving to Premier League club Newcastle United in August 2018.