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AI Verdict: Yoshinori Muto

Muto is the rare forward whose most elite numbers have nothing to do with the ball hitting the net.

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Attacker

Yoshinori Muto

€10.7M
Muto is the rare forward whose most elite numbers have nothing to do with the ball hitting the net.
Press IntensityTop 11%
GoalsBottom 13%
VERIFIED PER-90 DATART INTELLIGENCE™

Extreme Stats

vs J-League Forwards
Press Intensity
2.12/90Top 11%
Goals
0.07/90Bottom 13%
Interceptions
0.66/90Top 12%
Dribbled Past
0.80/90Bottom 22%
Ball Recoveries
4.22/90Top 13%
Shots
1.60/90Bottom 23%

Percentile rank among J-League forwards (n=142) · Per 90 min · RT Intelligence™

Playing Style Analysis

Target Man

Muto is the rare forward whose most elite numbers have nothing to do with the ball hitting the net. At 32, the former Newcastle and Mainz man has reinvented himself as something closer to a high-energy link-forward, and the data captures that transformation with uncomfortable clarity. His press intensity ranks in the top 5% of J-League attackers—a figure that explains why his goals-per-90 looks pedestrian; he's burning energy disrupting defenses, not loitering in the box.