Ueda is a header

 Ayase Ueda has nice jumping power. At 1.82 meters tall, he is not exceptionally tall, but his jumping makes up for it to a large extent. During the header against Tunisia, Ueda's upper body was at a height of 2.50 meters. This is the highest height reached by a player who scored with a header at this World Cup. In this respect, he overtook the Norwegian Leo Østigaard (2.46 meters) and the Czech Ladislav Krejčí (2.42 meters). Ueda scores goals with his head more often. Also in the colors of Feyenoord, he regularly found the net after crosses. What's more, Ueda has scored 9 of his 25 league goals this season with his header. There was no player in the ten biggest European leagues who scored more headed goals. In the Eredivisie last season, Ueda attempted to score with a header 41 times. The chance of scoring a goal with a header according to Expected Goals statistics was 5.59, while Ueda scored 9 goals. None of his goals were scored in front of the first or second post. Ueda - who received a wave of compliments in Japan - scored another goal and provided an assist against Tunisia. As a result, he is currently Japan's most valuable player in a single World Cup. Never before has a Japanese player been involved in scoring three goals in one World Cup.