Feyenoord's penalty-box striker with textbook finishing form.
A box striker whose movement and first-time finishing make him Japan's most orthodox No.9.
Tournament Chronicle
A biography that grows match by match- 2026-06-21M034
Two goals, two answers
Ayase Ueda's first goal against Tunisia was a striker's craft: a touch to set himself 18 yards out, then a low shot curled past the defender's leg into the bottom-left corner before half-time. His second, late in the game, was a different skill — drifting unmarked to the far post to glance in Kaishu Sano's right-wing cross. One finish struck, one finish read. After a year of questions over Japan's center-forward, Ueda's brace was the simplest possible reply, delivered on the biggest stage.
