Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Yuya Kubo was born 24 December 1993 in Yamaguchi City, Japan. He is a forward in Major League Soccer. 

At the age of six, Yuya Kubo started playing football for FC Yamaguchi, a local club based in his home city Yamaguchi. From 2006 to 2008, he played at the Konan Junior High School. In 2009, at the age of fifteen, Kubo began to play in the Kyoto Sanga FC U-18 team while he was still a high school student. On August 2010, he was promoted to the first-team at the age of sixteen. On June 18, 2013, Kyoto Sanga announced Kubo's transfer to Swiss club BSC Young Boys. On January 25, 2017, Kubo was acquired by Belgian club K.A.A. Gent for a transfer fee of €3.5 million. In August 2018, Kubo joined Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg on loan for the 2018–19 season. While his Gent contract was also extended, Nürnberg secured an option to sign him permanently. 

Kubo has been involved in the Japan National Team from U-16 to U-23 level. He received his first call up to the senior team for the Kirin Challenge Cup. On November 11, 2016, he made his full international debut for  Japan against Oman in the Kirin Challenge Cup 2016.

On January 9, 2020, Kubo joined MLS side FC Cincinnati as a designated player. On March 1, 2020, he made his FC Cincinnati debut against the New York Red Bulls.