Yoshito Ōkubo

Yoshito Ōkubo
Personal information
Full name Yoshito Ōkubo[1]
Date of birth (1982-06-09) 9 June 1982
Place of birth Kanda, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 5 ft 6.9 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kawasaki Frontale
Number 13
Youth career
1998–2000 Kunimi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2006 Cerezo Osaka 116 (57)
2005–2006 → Mallorca (loan) 39 (5)
2007–2008 Vissel Kobe 62 (25)
2009 VfL Wolfsburg 9 (0)
2009–2012 Vissel Kobe 98 (29)
2013– Kawasaki Frontale 96 (66)
National team‡
2003–[2] Japan 60 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014

Yoshito Ōkubo (大久保 嘉人 Ōkubo Yoshito, born 9 June 1982, Kanda, Fukuoka) is a Japanese football player, he is a forward and currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale.[3]

Career

On 3 January 2009, Vissel announced his transfer to VfL Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga.[4] and turned after just six months back to Vissel Kobe There he became the first Japanese striker who won the German Bundesliga title.

After Vissel Kobe was relegated to the J. League Division 2 in 2013 season, Okubo transferred to Kawasaki Frontale. An ever-present figure and a regular starting eleven in Kawasaki, he scored 26 goals in his debut season in the Kanagawa Prefecture football club and cliched top scorer of 2013 J. League Division 1 season.

International career

Okubo was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.

He made his international debut on 31 May 2003 in a friendly against Korea Republic at National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo when he was sent on to the pitch to replace Takayuki Suzuki.[2] Okubo scored his first international goal on 17 October 2007 in a friendly against Egypt at Nagai Stadium in Osaka.[2]

Okubo's selection for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was the big surprise of coach Alberto Zaccheroni's squad announcement. The forward had previously played just once for the coach in four years.[5]

Career statistics

Last update: 22 'November 2015'

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2001Cerezo OsakaJ. League Division 12023011-243
2002J. League Division 2291821--3119
2003J. League Division 124165430-3220
200422151020-2515
Spain League Copa del Rey League Cup UEFA Total
2004-05R.C.D. MallorcaLa Liga133---133
2005-0626211--273
2006Cerezo OsakaJ. League Division 121600--216
Total - Cerezo Osaka 1165711561-13363
2007Vissel KobeJ. League Division 131142150-3815
200831111100-3212
Germany League DFB-Pokal League Cup UEFA Total
2008-09WolfsburgBundesliga9020-20130
2009Vissel KobeJ. League Division 119811--209
20101741100-185
20113091010-329
20122641032-306
Total - Vissel Kobe 154507492-17056
2013Kawasaki FrontaleJ. League Division 133264384-4533
201432181042814521
2015 32 23 2 2 2 2 - - 36 27
Total - Kawasaki Frontale 9767751488112681
Spain 39511--406
Germany 9020-20130
Japan 335151231227981393173
Career total 3841572613279101447180
Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2003140
200430
200520
200722
2008123
200990
2010112
201210
201461
Total606

International goal

[2]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 October 2007 Osaka, Japan  Egypt 4–1 Won 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
2. 17 October 2007 Osaka, Japan  Egypt 4–1 Won 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
3. 6 February 2008 Saitama, Japan  Thailand 4–1 Won 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 2 June 2008 Yokohama, Japan  Oman 3–0 Won 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 13 November 2008 Kobe, Japan  Syria 3–1 Won Friendly
6. 6 June 2014 Florida, United States  Zambia 4–3 Won Friendly

Honours

Club

VfL Wolfsburg

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "OKUBO Yoshito". Japan National Football Team Database.
  3. ↑ "Stats Centre: Yoshito Okubo Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ↑ ＦＷ大久保嘉人選手の海外移籍について (in Japanese). vissel-kobe.co.jp. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  5. ↑ . Japan Times http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/05/12/soccer/international-soccer/okubo-surprise-pick-japan-names-world-cup-squad/#.U4mhQvldUrU. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Mahdavikia scoops Asian best player award". FIFA. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

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