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Japanese association football player

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Yoichiro Kakitani is a Japanese association football player born in Osaka Prefecture on January 3, 1990. He plays as a midfielder and wears the number 8 shirt. His career began in 2006, and he has represented Japan in international competition, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Kakitani has played for several clubs, including Cerezo Osaka, Tokushima Vortis, FC Basel, and Nagoya Grampus. He also played for the Japan national under-17 football team. In addition to his club and national team duties, he is married to Manami Marutaka and speaks Japanese.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Nagoya Grampus
Position
Attacker
Nationality
Japan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Osaka Prefecture
Languages spoken
Japanese
Participant in
2014 FIFA World Cup
Member of team
Tokushima Vortis
Position played
midfielder
Country for sport
Japan
Mass
68
Height
177
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date of birth
1990-01-03
name in kana
カキタニ ヨウイチロウ
sport number
8
name in native language
柿谷曜一朗
start of work period
2006-00-00
social media followers
282825
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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 January 2023, 21:23 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2014

Yoichiro Kakitani (柿谷 曜一朗, Kakitani Yōichirō) (born 3 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yoichiro Kakitani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.