Yoshito Ōkubo

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Yoshito Ōkubo
Personal information
Full name	Yoshito Ōkubo
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, Second striker
Club information
Current club	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	33	(26)
National team^‡
2003–2012^[1]	Japan	54	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:25, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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.^[2]

Career

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

Statistics

Updated 6 February 2013.

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		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
2001	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 1	20	2	3	0	1	1	-		24	3
2002		J. League 2	29	18	2	1	-		-		31	19
2003		J. League 1	24	16	5	4	3	0	-		32	20
2004		J. League 1	22	15	1	0	2	0	-		25	15
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
2004–05	Mallorca	La Liga	13	3	-		-		-		13	3
2005–06	Mallorca	La Liga	26	2	1	1	-		-		27	3
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 1	21	6	-		-		-		21	6
2007	Vissel Kobe		31	14	2	1	5	0	-		38	15
2008	Vissel Kobe		31	11	-		1	1	-		32	12
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2008–09	Wolfsburg	Bundesliga	9	0	2	0	-		2	0	13	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Vissel Kobe	J. League 1	19	8	1	1	-		-		20	9
2010			17	4	1	1	-		-		18	5
2011			30	9	1	0	1	0	-		32	9
2012			26	4	1	0	3	2	-		30	6
2013	Kawasaki Frontale		33	26	-	-	6	2	-		39	28
Country	Japan		303	133	17	8	22	6	-		342	147
	Spain		39	5	1	1	-		-		40	6
	Germany		9	0	2	0	-		2	0	13	0
Total			351	138	20	9	22	6	2	0	395	153

^[5]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	14	0
2004	3	0
2005	2	0
2006	0	0
2007	2	2
2008	12	3
2009	9	0
2010	11	0
2011	0	0
2012	1	0
Total	54	5

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.^[1] Okubo scored his first international goal on 17 October 2007 in a friendly against Egypt at Nagai Stadium in Osaka.^[1]

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	3	0	0	Round 1
2004 Olympics	U-23	3	0	2	Round 1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	0	1	0	Qualified
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	4	0	2	-

Goals for senior national team

^[1]

#	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

Honours

Team

VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 2008–09

Individual

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "OKUBO Yoshito". Japan National Football Team Database.
↑ "Stats Centre: Yoshito Okubo Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
↑ "ＦＷ大久保嘉人選手の海外移籍について" (in Japanese). vissel-kobe.co.jp.
↑ "Okubo kehrt zurück nach Japan" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
↑ "Yoshito Ōkubo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
↑ "Mahdavikia scoops Asian best player award". FIFA. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

External links

Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)

v t e Asian Young Footballer of the Year

1995: Al-Kathiri 1996: Boonprom 1997: Mahdavikia 1998: Ono 1999: Hamzah 2000: Maeda 2001: Du Wei 2002: Lee Chun-Soo 2003: Ōkubo 2004: Park Chu-Young 2005: Choe Myong-Ho 2006: Ma Xiaoxu 2007: Kim Kum-Il 2008: Khalil / Iwabuchi 2009: Ki Sung-Yueng / Iwabuchi 2010: Jong Il-Gwan / Yeo Min-Ji 2011: Ishige / Foord 2012: Raheem / Shibata 2013: Ali Adnan / Jang Sel-Gi

v t e J. League Division 1 top scorers

1993: Díaz 1994: Ordenewitz 1995: Fukuda 1996: Miura 1997: M'Boma 1998: Nakayama 1999: Hwang Sun-Hong 2000: Nakayama 2001: Will 2002: Takahara 2003: Ueslei 2004: Emerson 2005: Araújo 2006: Washington / Magno Alves 2007: Juninho 2008: Marquinhos 2009: Maeda 2010: Maeda / Kennedy 2011: Kennedy 2012: Satō 2013: Ōkubo

Japan Squad

v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Narazaki 2 Narahashi 3 Akita 4 Morioka 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata (c) 8 Ogasawara 9 Ōkubo 10 Nakamura 11 Matsui 12 Doi 13 Oku 14 Alex 15 Myojin 16 K. Nakata 17 Miyamoto 18 Nagai 19 Endō 20 Takahara 21 Tsuboi 22 Yamada 23 Kawaguchi Coach: Zico

v t e Japan men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Sogahata 2 Tulio 3 Moniwa 4 Nasu 5 Abe 6 Konno 7 Morisaki 8 Ono 9 Takamatsu 10 Matsui 11 Tanaka 12 Kikuchi 13 Komano 14 Ishikawa 15 Tokunaga 16 Ōkubo 17 Hirayama 18 Kurokawa Coach: Yamamoto

v t e Japan squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Narazaki 2 Abe 3 Komano 4 Túlio 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endo 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 S. Nakamura 11 Tamada 12 Yano 13 Iwamasa 14 K. Nakamura 15 Konno 16 Ōkubo 17 Hasebe 18 Honda 19 Morimoto 20 Inamoto 21 Kawashima 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi (c) Coach: Okada

v t e Kawasaki Frontale – current squad

1 Sugiyama 2 Saneto 3 Tanaka 4 Igawa 5 Jeci 6 Yamamoto 7 Nakazawa 8 Komiyama 9 Morishima 10 Renato 11 Kobayashi 13 Ōkubo 14 Nakamura 15 Taniguchi 16 Oshima 17 Takeoka 18 Kanakubo 19 Moriya 20 Inamoto 21 Nishibe 22 Fukumori 23 Noborizato 24 Andō 25 Yamakoshi 26 Kani 27 Ahn 30 Arai 34 Paulinho Manager: Kazama

Persondata
Name	Ōkubo, Yoshito
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese footballer
Date of birth	9 June 1982
Place of birth	Fukuoka, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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