Junya Ito
Japan
FWD
Age
33
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About Junya Ito
Junya Ito is one of the forwards Hajime Moriyasu named in Japan's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a right winger who reaches the finals aged 33. He plays his club football for Genk in Belgium, where he has 6 goals in 28 appearances this season.
Ito has 69 senior caps and 15 goals for Japan and has twice been named in the JPFA Best XI, in 2022 and 2024. He has spent much of his club career in Belgian football with Genk, with a spell at Reims in between. They go into the group stage in Group F, alongside Netherlands, Tunisia and Sweden, with their opening game against the Netherlands on 14 June, having qualified by winning their AFC third-round group to reach the finals.
Ito has 69 senior caps and 15 goals for Japan and has twice been named in the JPFA Best XI, in 2022 and 2024. He has spent much of his club career in Belgian football with Genk, with a spell at Reims in between. They go into the group stage in Group F, alongside Netherlands, Tunisia and Sweden, with their opening game against the Netherlands on 14 June, having qualified by winning their AFC third-round group to reach the finals.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
A direct, pacey right winger, Ito hugs the touchline and looks to deliver crosses for Japan from wide on the right. His pace and delivery from the flank are the heart of his game in attack for Japan. He is right-footed and stands 1.77 m, and has logged 1,773 minutes for Genk in Belgium this season. At 33, he is part of Hajime Moriyasu's 26-man squad for the finals.
World Cup History
The 2026 finals will be Junya Ito's second World Cup. He was part of Japan's squad at the 2022 finals in Qatar, where they topped their group and reached the round of 16. His international career to date runs to 69 senior caps and 15 goals for Japan. Hajime Moriyasu has named him in the 26-man squad again, where he stays among the attacking options for the group stage.
National Team
Japan
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Ito brings goals and crosses from the right to the Japan attack: 15 international goals across his Japan career, with 6 more in 28 appearances for Genk in Belgium this season. He stretches play and delivers from wide on the right, the experience of a long-serving Japan international in attack. On the Goal Rush card Japan are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget.
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Ito at the 2026 World Cup
Ito is a confirmed forward in Hajime Moriyasu's 26-man Japan squad for the 2026 World Cup. He is part of the squad for Japan's Group F campaign, which begins in mid-June.
Picking Japan in Goal Rush
Japan carry a Tier 3 billing of £17m on the card. They open Group F against the Netherlands on 14 June, with Ito among the forwards in the confirmed 26.
Junya Ito World Cup 2026 FAQs
Japan are a Tier 3 side at £17m on the Goal Rush card, a mid-priced team pick. Junya Ito is in Hajime Moriyasu's confirmed 26 as a forward, so his role is the quick reference at that team price.
Ito is a forward for Japan, a right winger who delivers from wide. He plays his club football for Genk and is part of Hajime Moriyasu's squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Japan's final 26.
Yes. He was part of Japan's squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where they reached the round of 16. The 2026 finals will be his second, his place confirmed in Hajime Moriyasu's 26-man squad.
Ito plays his club football for Genk in Belgium's Pro League. He is named among Japan's forwards in Hajime Moriyasu's final 26, and takes his place in the squad for the group stage.
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