Yoshinori Muto

Vissel Kobe

Born on : July 15, 1992 (32 years) at Tokyo

Nationality : Japan

Height : 1m78

Weight : 72 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 28 (3 goals)

First cap : vs Uruguay 05/09/2014

First international goal : vs Venezuela 09/09/2014

2023
2022
2022
2021
2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2013-2014

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Current season statistics (2025)

100% Impacting goals 1 Goals

0% Impacting assists 1 Assists

9 Played matches 582 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Centre forward	29%

Identities

Yoshinori Muto

武藤嘉紀

Muto's career statisticsLast updated on 11/05/2025 at 19:57

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Results

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Nat. cups

International

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2025

Vissel Kobe

122

582

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Vissel Kobe	Fujifilm Super Cup	1				1		27	11	0%	1	100%	0%	0%	100%
Vissel Kobe	AFC Champions League Elite	2	1	1	122	2	1	122	11	50%	1	50%	50%	0%	50%
Vissel Kobe	J1 League	6				5	2	433	11	83%	1	43%	33%	33%	33%

2024

Vissel Kobe

221

244

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Vissel Kobe	Meiji Yasuda J1 League	37	14	7	221	30	12	3087	11	95%	2	97%	2	54%	24%	22%
Vissel Kobe	Emperor's Cup	3					2	163	11	33%	2	50%		100%	0%	0%
Vissel Kobe	AFC Champions League Elite	3		1			2	169	11	33%	2	50%		67%	33%	0%

2023

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Vissel Kobe	Meiji Yasuda J1 League	34	10	10	291	26	14	2910	11	97%	1	100%	2	62%	24%	15%
Vissel Kobe	YBC Levain Cup	1					1	45	11	0%	1	17%		100%	0%	0%
Vissel Kobe	Emperor's Cup	4	1	2	171	3		171	11	0%	4	100%		75%	25%	0%

2022

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Vissel Kobe	Meiji Yasuda J1 League	26	6	1	347	21	10	2079	11	96%	1	76%	1	42%	19%	38%
Vissel Kobe	AFC Champions League	3	1		105	4		105	11	0%	3	43%		33%	33%	33%
Vissel Kobe	Emperor's Cup	2						92	11	50%	1	50%		50%	0%	50%

2021

Vissel Kobe

236

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vissel Kobe	Meiji Yasuda J1 League	14	5	8	236		12	7	1180	11	93%	1	88%	2		71%	14%	14%

2020/2021

Eibar

1122

428

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Eibar	La Liga Santander	26	1	1	1122		18	6	1122	12	50%	17	70%	1		15%	38%	46%
Eibar	Copa del Rey	2	2		82		4		163	12	100%	1	67%	1		50%	0%	50%

2019/2020

Newcastle

142

355

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Newcastle	Premier League	8			7	1	213	13	25%	15	21%	13%	13%	75%
Newcastle	Carabao Cup	1	1	90	1		90	13	100%		100%	0%	100%	0%
Newcastle	FA Cup	1					52	13	100%	1	17%	0%	100%	0%

2018/2019

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Newcastle	Premier League	17	1	523	10	5	523	13	29%	22	45%	1	12%	29%	59%
Newcastle	Carabao Cup	1			1		76	13	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Japan	Asian Cup	4	1	237	2	2	237	13	50%	4	57%	2	75%	0%	25%

2017/2018

Mainz

238

234

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	3	2		81	2		161	9	33%	2	75%		100%	0%	0%
Mainz	Bundesliga	27	8	2	238	31	5	1904	9	74%	7	79%	1	30%	22%	48%
Japan	World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone								14		1	0%
Japan	Friendlies	2				1		80	9	50%	1	50%		50%	50%	0%
Japan	Friendlies	2				3		114	13	50%	2	40%		50%	0%	50%
Japan	World Cup	1				1		81	13	100%	3	25%		0%	0%	100%

2016/2017

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Mainz	Bundesliga	19	5	205	13	5	1023	9	53%	13	56%	3	32%	26%	42%
Mainz	(C3) Europa League	2	1	151	2		151	9	100%		33%		50%	50%	0%
Japan	World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone	1				1	9	20	0%	2	13%		100%	0%	0%

2015/2016

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Mainz	DFB-Pokal	1					1	21	9	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Mainz	Bundesliga	20	7	2	213	21	6	1488	9	90%	2	59%	2	45%	15%	40%
Japan	World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone	4					4	154	14	50%	3	57%		100%	0%	0%
Japan	Friendlies	1	1		86	1		86	0	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%

2015

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Japan	Asian Cup	4		1			3	125	14	0%	4	100%		75%	25%	0%
Japan	Friendlies	2					2	95	14	50%	1	67%		100%	0%	0%
Japan	World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone	1					1	13	14	0%	1	100%		0%	100%	0%
FC Tokyo	J1 League	17	10		148	16	6	1484	14	100%		100%	1	65%	12%	24%
FC Tokyo	Nabisco Cup	4	2		180	3	1	360	14	100%		67%		50%	50%	0%

2014

Club	Competition												V	D	L
FC Tokyo	J. League	33	13	192	27	13	2490	14	82%	6	97%	3	36%	36%	27%
FC Tokyo	Nabisco Cup	5	1	343	8	1	343	14	60%	2	83%		40%	0%	60%
FC Tokyo	Emperor's Cup	1				1	67	14	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%
Japan	Friendlies	6	1	291	5	2	291	14	50%	3	60%		50%	17%	33%

2013

FC Tokyo

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FC Tokyo	J. League	1					1		0	40	0%	1	3%			0%	0%	100%

2012

Total

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Notes

Overall

74/100

Physical

13/20

Mental

13/20

Technical

13/20

Offense

14/20

Defense

12/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

J1 League	2	20232024
Emperor's Cup	1	2024

Runner-ups

Super Cup	1	2025
Asian Cup	1	2019

Transfers

07/08/21 >	Vissel Kobe	Free
16/09/20 > 30/06/21	Eibar	Loan
02/08/18 > 03/08/21	Newcastle	10.7 M€
01/07/15 > 02/08/18	Mainz	2.8 M€
01/01/14 > 01/07/15	FC Tokyo	Youth
26/06/12 > 01/01/14	FC Tokyo B	Youth

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 11/05/2025 at 19:57

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Eibar	28	3	1	428	1285	2	54%15	18%5	46%13
FC Tokyo	61	26		182	4744	4	85%52	46%28	28%17
Japan	28	3	1	428	1285	2	43%12	64%18	18%5
Mainz	72	23	4	206	4748	6	71%51	39%28	40%29
Newcastle	28	2		477	954	1	36%10	11%3	61%17
Vissel Kobe	136	38	30	279	10583	7	85%115	56%76	23%31

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Sagan Tosu	11	9	3	3
Fukuoka	7	6	2	3
Bellmare	9	6	3	0
Gamba Osaka	11	5	5	2
Niigata	9	6	2	1
Sanfrecce	12	4	3	2
Yokohama FM	11	4	4	0
Kawasaki	9	3	3	0
Cerezo Osaka	6	4	1	3
FC Köln	4	1	0	0
Hertha	4	3	0	0
Jubilo Iwata	4	3	0	0
Yokohama FC	4	3	0	0
Tokushima	3	2	1	1
Urawa	11	3	5	0
Nagoya	11	2	3	0
Consadole	7	5	3	3
Shimizu	6	5	3	0
Kofu	5	3	3	2
Hambourg	4	2	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Yokohama FM	11	5	16
Sanfrecce	12	5	12
Schalke 04	4	4	6
Gamba Osaka	11	4	14
Kashima	12	4	12
Urawa	11	4	16
Kawasaki	9	4	12
Liverpool	3	3	10
Leicester	4	3	11
Bayern	4	3	11
Hoffenheim	4	3	12
Nagoya	11	3	16
Elche	2	2	2
Cádiz	2	2	3
Man United	2	2	5
Arsenal	2	2	4
Bayer	4	2	4
Werder	4	2	8
Dortmund	4	2	6
Hannover 96	4	2	4

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2025	Vissel Kobe	33%	44%	9	50%	40%	10	Negative
2024	Vissel Kobe	57%	18%	44	70%	20%	10	Slightly negative
2023	Vissel Kobe	64%	13%	39	20%	80%	5	-
2022	Vissel Kobe	42%	39%	31	31%	50%	16	Slightly positive
2021	Vissel Kobe	71%	14%	14	0%	100%	3	-
2020/2021	Eibar	18%	46%	28	25%	67%	12	Negative
2019/2020	Newcastle	10%	60%	10	37%	31%	35	Extremely negative
2018/2019	Newcastle	11%	61%	18	46%	33%	24	Extremely negative
2017/2018	Mainz	37%	43%	30	13%	50%	8	Extremely positive
2016/2017	Mainz	33%	38%	21	24%	52%	21	Positive
2015/2016	Mainz	48%	38%	21	33%	33%	15	Positive
2015	FC Tokyo	62%	19%	21	50%	0%	2	-
2014	FC Tokyo	38%	31%	39	25%	50%	4	-
2013	FC Tokyo	0%	100%	1	48%	29%	42	-
2012	FC Tokyo B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

Muto hasn't scored in J1 League for 588 minutes.

The player has played in the first 11 in J1 League in each of the last 41 away from home matches

He hasn't scored all competitions included for 740 minutes.

Yoshinori Muto hasn't scored away from home in non-league and non-national team competition for 541 minutes.

Yoshinori Muto hasn't scored at home for the national team for 850 minutes.

He hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 10 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
FC Tokyo
06/07/2013	JL	FC Tokyo - Sanfrecce	0 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
01/03/2014	JL	Kashiwa Reysol - FC Tokyo	1 - 1	First start
19/03/2014	NC	FC Tokyo - Kashima	3 - 1	First victory
16/04/2014	NC	Vissel Kobe - FC Tokyo	0 - 3	First goal
02/08/2014	JL	FC Tokyo - Shimizu	4 - 0	First time scoring 2 goals
Mainz
09/08/2015		E. Cottbus - Mainz	0 - 3	First match with the club, first victory
15/08/2015		Mainz - Ingolstadt	0 - 1	First loss
23/08/2015		M'gladbach - Mainz	1 - 2	First start
29/08/2015		Mainz - Hannover 96	3 - 0	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals
31/10/2015		Augsburg - Mainz	3 - 3	First time scoring 3 goals
Newcastle United
11/08/2018		Newcastle - Tottenham	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
29/08/2018		Nottingham - Newcastle	3 - 1	First start
06/10/2018		Man United - Newcastle	3 - 2	First goal
03/11/2018		Newcastle - Watford	1 - 0	First victory
Eibar
27/09/2020		Eibar - Athletic	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
30/09/2020		Eibar - Elche	0 - 1	First start
03/10/2020		Valladolid - Eibar	1 - 2	First victory
30/11/2020		Real Betis - Eibar	0 - 2	First goal
Vissel Kobe
21/08/2021		Vissel Kobe - Kashima	1 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
25/08/2021		Oita Trinita - Vissel Kobe	1 - 3	First start
24/09/2021		Shimizu - Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	First goal
29/09/2021		Kawasaki - Vissel Kobe	3 - 1	First loss
02/07/2022		Sagan Tosu - Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 11/05/2025 at 19:57

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
La Liga	La Liga	26	1	1122	1	1122	50%13	15%4	38%10	46%12
Copa del Rey	Copa del Rey	2	2	82		163	100%2	50%1		50%1
Premier League	Premier League	25	1	736		736	28%7	12%3	24%6	64%16
FA Cup	FA Cup	1				52	100%1		100%1
League Cup	League Cup	2	1	166		166	100%2		50%1	50%1
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	66	20	221	4	4415	73%48	35%23	21%14	44%29
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	4	2	91		182	25%1	100%4
J1 League	J1 League	168	58	236	26	13663	92%155	52%87	24%40	24%41
Emperor's Cup	Emperor's Cup	10	1	493	2	493	30%3	80%8	10%1	10%1
J.League Cup	J.League Cup	10	3	249		748	70%7	50%5	20%2	30%3
Super Cup	Super Cup	1				27				100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	13	2	333		666	54%7	54%7	23%3	23%3
World Cup	World Cup	1				81	100%1			100%1
Asian Cup	Asian Cup	8	1	362	1	362	25%2	75%6	13%1	13%1
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone	6				176	33%2	83%5	17%1
Europa League	Europa League	2	1	151		151	100%2	50%1	50%1
AFC Champions League	AFC Champions League	8	2	198	2	396	25%2	50%4	25%2	25%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2025	Vissel Kobe	1	8	18	11	5	3	3	10	8
2024	Vissel Kobe	1	1	72	38	21	9	8	61	36
2023	Vissel Kobe	1	1	71	34	21	8	5	60	29
2022	Vissel Kobe	1	13	40	34	11	7	16	35	41
2021	Vissel Kobe	1	3	73	38	21	10	7	62	36
2020/2021	Eibar	1	20	30	38	6	12	20	29	52
2019/2020	Newcastle	1	13	44	38	11	11	16	38	58
2018/2019	Newcastle	1	13	45	38	12	9	17	42	48
2017/2018	Mainz	1	14	36	34	9	9	16	38	52
2016/2017	Mainz	1	15	37	34	10	7	17	44	55
2015/2016	Mainz	1	6	50	34	14	8	12	46	42
2015	FC Tokyo	11	2	35	17	11	2	4	24	18
2014	FC Tokyo	1	9	48	34	12	12	10	47	33
2013	FC Tokyo	1	8	54	34	16	6	12	61	47

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 10, 2025	10/05	Round 16	FC Tokyo	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe	Absent
May 06, 2025	06/05	Round 15	Vissel Kobe	1 - 3	Cerezo Osaka	Absent
May 03, 2025	03/05	Round 14	Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Fagiano	Absent
April 20, 2025	20/04	Round 11	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Machida Zelvia	14 Minutes
April 16, 2025	16/04	Round 12	Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Kawasaki	Absent
April 12, 2025	12/04	Round 10	Tokyo Verdy	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe	Absent
April 06, 2025	06/04	Round 9	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Niigata	59 Minutes
April 02, 2025	02/04	Round 8	Yokohama FC	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe	Absent
March 29, 2025	29/03	Round 7	Kashima	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe	90 Minutes
March 25, 2025	25/03	Round 8	Japan	0 - 0	Saudi Arabia	Absent
March 20, 2025	20/03	Round 7	Japan	2 - 0	Bahrain	Absent
March 16, 2025	16/03	Round 6	Bellmare	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe	90 Minutes
March 12, 2025	12/03	Round of 16	Gwangju	3 - 0a.e.t.	Vissel Kobe	65 Minutes
March 05, 2025	05/03	Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwangju	Absent
March 01, 2025	01/03	Round 4	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Avispa Fukuoka	Absent
February 26, 2025	26/02	Round 3	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga	Absent
February 22, 2025	22/02	Round 2	Nagoya Grampus	2 - 2	Vissel Kobe	90 Minutes
February 18, 2025	18/02	Round 8	Sh. Shenhua	4 - 2	Vissel Kobe	Absent
February 15, 2025	15/02	Round 1	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Urawa	90 Minutes
February 11, 2025	11/02	Round 7	Vissel Kobe	4 - 0	Shanghai Port	57 Minutes	1	1
February 08, 2025	08/02	Final	Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	Sanfrecce	27 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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