Yuya Osako

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Japan build on fortuitous penalty to eliminate favourites Iran and enter final

Yuya Osako put Japan 1-0 up after half-time but it was his penalty shortly afterwards, awarded following a video review, that knocked the stuffing out of Iran

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Yuya Osako's quickfire double rescues Japan against Turkmenistan; Qatar ease past Lebanon

Yuya Osako's scores twice as Japan edged past lowly Turkmenistan, while 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar registered a 2-0 win over Lebanon.

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Yuya Osako nets brace as Japan survive early scare to beat Turkmenistan in opening fixture

Japan, kept out of the World Cup quarter-finals by Belgium, have now lost just one of their last 29 games at the Asian Cup, excluding penalty shootouts.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Yuya Osako heads Japan to historic win over 10-man Colombia in Group H opener

Osako's 73rd-minute winner meant the Japanese avenged their 4-1 mauling in the group stages of Brazil 2014 as Colombia played with a man down for 86 minutes in Saransk.

Bundesliga: Lucas Alario makes dream debut for Bayer Leverkusen, scores to lift them to 10th place

Alario signed on 31 August from River Plate for €19 million ($22.7m), but legal wranglings over his contract delayed his debut