Forward

Yuya Kubo

No team
Japan
32 yrs
177 cm
Preferred foot: Right

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Appearances: 21
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Average rating: 6.65

Age32

Date of birth24 Dec 1993

Height177 cm

Weight68 kg

Preferred footRight

Season performance · 2025

MLS

FC Cincinnati

Appearances / Starts17 / 9

Minutes800

Rating6.61

Goals / Assists1 / 0

Shots (on target)22 (10)

Passes · accuracy272 · 84%

Key passes7

Tackles / Interceptions12 / 4

Duels won34 / 92

Successful dribbles9

Yellow cards / Red cards3 / 1

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Expected goals / assists1.65 / 0.63

Detailed statistics

Big chances created0

Big chances missed2

Goal conversion5%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls9

Accurate crosses2

Touches443

Possession lost108

Dispossessed14

Aerial duels won5

Ground duels won29

Clearances4

Ball recoveries34

Fouls won8

Fouls committed17

Offsides5

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets1

Saves from inside the box0

CONCACAF Champions Cup

FC Cincinnati

Appearances / Starts4 / 2

Minutes218

Rating6.83

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)6 (1)

Passes · accuracy96 · 77%

Key passes4

Tackles / Interceptions3 / 0

Duels won12 / 21

Successful dribbles4

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Detailed statistics

Big chances created0

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion0%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls2

Accurate crosses2

Touches132

Possession lost34

Dispossessed2

Aerial duels won0

Ground duels won12

Clearances0

Ball recoveries11

Fouls won5

Fouls committed2

Offsides1

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets0

Saves from inside the box0

National team

Japan13 caps · 2 goals · debut Nov 2016

Recent matches

Date	Match	Score	Min	rating
24 Nov 2025	FC Cincinnati – Inter Miami CF	0–4	24'	7.2
3 Nov 2025	Columbus Crew – FC Cincinnati	4–0	38'	5.4
28 Oct 2025	FC Cincinnati – Columbus Crew	1–0	70'	6.7
19 Oct 2025	FC Cincinnati – CF Montréal	3–0	45'	6.8
5 Oct 2025	New York Red Bulls – FC Cincinnati	0–1	–	–
29 Sep 2025	FC Cincinnati – Orlando City SC	1–1	11'	6.4
21 Sep 2025	LA Galaxy – FC Cincinnati	2–3	18'	6.5
24 Aug 2025	FC Cincinnati – New York City FC	0–1	8'	6.3
26 Jun 2025	CF Montréal – FC Cincinnati	1–3	23'	6.7
18 May 2025	Columbus Crew – FC Cincinnati	1–1	45'	6.6
15 May 2025	Toronto FC – FC Cincinnati	0–1	31'	6.6
11 May 2025	FC Cincinnati – Austin FC	2–1	68'	7.0
4 May 2025	New York City FC – FC Cincinnati	1–0	45'	6.7
22 Mar 2025	FC Cincinnati – Atlanta United	2–2	81'	6.6
16 Mar 2025	Charlotte FC – FC Cincinnati	2–0	73'	6.8

Career and transfers

5 clubs · 7 moves · total fees 4M €

Jan 2026

Cincinnati To: Without club

Transfer
Jan 2020

Gent To: Cincinnati

Transfer Undisclosed
Jun 2019

Nürnberg To: Gent

Loan return
Aug 2018

Gent To: Nürnberg

Loan
Jan 2017

Young Boys To: Gent

Transfer 3.5M €
Jul 2013

Kyoto Sanga To: Young Boys

Transfer 500k €
Feb 2012

Kyoto Sanga U18 To: Kyoto Sanga

Transfer

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
2025	MLS	FC Cincinnati	17 (9)	800	1	0	6.61
2025	CONCACAF Champions Cup	FC Cincinnati	4 (2)	218	0	0	6.83

Stored season statistics; refreshed after each match played and weekly.

Player profile

MLS 2024 · percentile among forwards (123 players)

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35 matches · 2,662 min

Yuya Kubo: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
Goals / 90 min	0.34	50
xG / 90 min	0.30	35
Shots / 90 min	2.23	35
xA / 90 min	0.11	56
Key passes / 90 min	1.22	57
Successful dribbles / 90 min	0.81	47
Aerials won / 90 min	0.85	30
Rating	7.13	82

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