Taichi Fukui
Japanese footballer
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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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taichi Fukui | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | 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 | 34 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Japan U20 | 12 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:30, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Sagan Tosu
On 17 March 2022, Fukui signed a Professional A contract with the club.[3]
Bayern Munich
On 28 September 2022, Fukui was announced at FC Bayern, signing a two year and a half year contract. He officially joined the club on 1 January 2023.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] 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
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.[7]
Loan to Arouca
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.[8]
Arouca
Fukui transferred permanently to Arouca on 3 February 2025, for an estimated €1,600,000 transfer fee.[9]
International career
Fukui was called up to the Japan U-20 squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 4 May 2025[11]
| 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 |
| Arouca | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 72 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
- Appearances in the J.League Cup
- Appearances in the Primeira Liga play-out
- Appearance in the Taça de Portugal
