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Portrait (5) Yoshinori Muto, Professional soccer player (for the J-League team, F.C. Tokyo) & Fourth-year student, Faculty of Economics

Update:Nov 10,2014

Yoshinori Muto, Professional soccer player (for the J-League team, F.C. Tokyo) & Fourth-year student, Faculty of Economics

Signed a professional contract while at university and aims to represent Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

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Yoshinori’s first encounter with soccer was while he was still in kindergarten. He played for the F.C. Tokyo U-15 Fukagawa and U-18 squads, and when he graduated from Keio Senior High School, he was offered a professional contract at F.C. Tokyo. However, he proceeded to the Keio University Faculty of Economics, and became a leading member of the Athletic League soccer team. “By having heart-to-heart discussions with my Keio club teammates, I feel I have become more open-minded.” In April 2014, Yoshinori signed with F.C. Tokyo and became a professional player in the J. League Division 1. Running 50 meters in 6 seconds flat, his advantages are his foot speed and dribbling ability. His steady stream of goals in the league games come mostly as a right-side attacker. “What’s important is your mindset,” he says. “Rather than just feeding safe passes, the mental strength to hungrily chase goals will open up a path to the world.” His short-term goal is to score ten goals in the league games. Long-term, he aims to play for Japan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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*This article appeared in the 2014 autumn edition (No.284) of “Juku”.
*The facts are those at the time of publishing.