Taichi Fukui
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taichi Fukui | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arouca | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kurihama FC | |||
| –2022 | Sagan Tosu | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Bayern Munich II | 27 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Portimonense (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Arouca (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2025– | Arouca | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Japan U20 | 12 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:45, 5 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Taichi Fukui (福井 太智, Fukui Taichi, born 15 July 2004) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Arouca.[2]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Fukui is a product of Japanese club Sagan Tosu and was originally signed for the Bayern Munich reserve team, Bayern Munich II, where he became a regular starter after impressing performances.
Bayern Munich
[edit]On 16 September 2023, he was called up for the first time on the first team's bench in the Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen but he did not feature however.[3]
On 26 September, he made his debut and his first appearance for the Bayern Munich senior team in the first round of the DFB Pokal against 3. Liga club SC Preußen Münster, coming off the bench at the 63rd minute and contributing to a 0–4 victory.[4] He also became the second ever Japanese footballer to play an official competitive match for Bayern Munich after Takashi Usami during the 2011–12 season.
Loan to Portimonense
[edit]On 31 January 2024, he renewed his contract with Bayern Munich until 2026 and was subsequently loaned to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Portimonense until June 2025.[5]
Loan to Arouca
[edit]On 4 July 2024, his loan-spell with Portimonense was cut short and he was subsequently loaned to fellow Primeira Liga club Arouca for the 2024–25 season.[6]
Arouca
[edit]Fukui transferred permanently to Arouca on 3 February 2025, for an estimated €1,600,000 transfer fee.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 1 February 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sagan Tosu | 2021 | J1 League | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Bayern | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Portimonense (loan) | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Arouca (loan) | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Arouca | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 60 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in the J.League Cup
- ^ Appearance in the DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in the Primeira Liga play-out
- ^ Appearance in the Taça de Portugal
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "福井太智選手の契約について". sagan-tosu.net (in Japanese). Sagan Tosu. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Line-ups: vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen". FC Bayern Munich. 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Line-ups: vs SC Preußen Münster". FC Bayern Munich. 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Taichi Fukui chega do Bayern" [Taichi Fukui arrives from Bayern] (in Portuguese). Portimonense S.C. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Nach Abstieg: FC Bayern findet neuen Leih-Verein für Fukui". Kicker (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2025/02/taichi-fukui-wechselt-zum-fc-arouca
- ^ Taichi Fukui at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Taichi Fukui at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sagan Tosu players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- F.C. Arouca players
- J1 League players
- Regionalliga players
- Primeira Liga players
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- Japan men's under-20 international footballers
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football midfielder, 2000s birth stubs