Yū Kobayashi
Personal information
Full name Yū Kobayashi
Date of birth (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Kawasaki Frontale
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2009 Takushoku University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 → Mito HollyHock (loan) 5 (0)
2010– Kawasaki Frontale 370 (139)
International career
2014–2018 Japan 14 (2)
Medal record
Kawasaki Frontale
Winner J1 League 2017
Winner J1 League 2018
Runner-up J.League Cup 2017
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023

Yū Kobayashi (小林 悠, Kobayashi Yū, born 23 September 1987) is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kawasaki Frontale and the Japan national team.[2]

Club statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023[3]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup AFC Total
2008 Mito HollyHock J2 League 5 0 0 0 – – – 5 0
2010 Kawasaki
Frontale		 J1 League 6 0 2 2 0 0 – – 8 2
2011 32 12 3 2 4 2 – – 39 16
2012 26 6 3 2 6 2 – – 35 10
2013 23 5 2 0 8 2 – – 33 7
2014 30 12 2 0 2 0 6 3 – 40 15
2015 18 5 2 0 1 0 – – 21 5
2016 32 15 3 1 2 0 – – 37 16
2017 34 23 2 0 5 0 10 6 – 51 29
2018 27 15 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 33 16
2019 31 13 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 42 17
2020 27 14 2 0 5 4 – – 34 18
2021 33 10 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 38 13
2022 30 5 1 0 1 0 6 4 1 0 39 9
2023 16 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 23 5
Career total 370 139 33 11 40 11 32 15 4 2 481 178

1=Japanese Super Cup appearances

National team statistics

[4]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 2 0
2015 0 0
2016 6 0
2017 3 2
2018 3 0
Total 14 2

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.[5]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 December 2017 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  China 1–0 2–1 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2. 16 December 2017 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  South Korea 1–0 1–4 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Honours

Club

Kawasaki Frontale

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Yu Kobayashi" (in Japanese). Kawasaki Frontale. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Stats Centre: Yu Kobayashi Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 26 out of 289)
  4. ^ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
  5. ^ "Kobayashi, Yu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ^ "【天皇杯・決勝速報】PK戦まで続く激闘の末、川崎フロンターレに軍配。柏レイソルは猛攻実らず惜敗". Football Channel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

External links


Kawasaki Frontale – current squad
Japan squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup
Awards
Authority control databases
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