Yoshito Ōkubo

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Yoshito Ōkubo
Personal information
Full name Yoshito Ōkubo[1]
Date of birth (1982-06-09) 9 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Kanda, Fukuoka, Japan
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Position(s) Striker
Team 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)
International career‡
2003–[2] Japan 60 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2015
‡ 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
2001 Cerezo Osaka J. League Division 1 20 2 3 0 1 1 - 24 3
2002 J. League Division 2 29 18 2 1 - - 31 19
2003 J. League Division 1 24 16 5 4 3 0 - 32 20
2004 22 15 1 0 2 0 - 25 15
Spain League Copa del Rey League Cup UEFA Total
2004-05 R.C.D. Mallorca La Liga 13 3 - - - 13 3
2005-06 26 2 1 1 - - 27 3
2006 Cerezo Osaka J. League Division 1 21 6 0 0 - - 21 6
Total - Cerezo Osaka 116 57 11 5 6 1 - 133 63
2007 Vissel Kobe J. League Division 1 31 14 2 1 5 0 - 38 15
2008 31 11 1 1 0 0 - 32 12
Germany League DFB-Pokal League Cup UEFA Total
2008-09 Wolfsburg Bundesliga 9 0 2 0 - 2 0 13 0
2009 Vissel Kobe J. League Division 1 19 8 1 1 - - 20 9
2010 17 4 1 1 0 0 - 18 5
2011 30 9 1 0 1 0 - 32 9
2012 26 4 1 0 3 2 - 30 6
Total - Vissel Kobe 154 50 7 4 9 2 - 170 56
2013 Kawasaki Frontale J. League Division 1 33 26 4 3 8 4 - 45 33
2014 32 18 1 0 4 2 8 1 45 21
2015 32 23 2 2 2 2 - - 36 27
Total - Kawasaki Frontale 97 67 7 5 14 8 8 1 126 81
Spain 39 5 1 1 - - 40 6
Germany 9 0 2 0 - 2 0 13 0
Japan 335 151 23 12 27 9 8 1 393 173
Career total 384 157 26 13 27 9 10 1 447 180
Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 14 0
2004 3 0
2005 2 0
2007 2 2
2008 12 3
2009 9 0
2010 11 2
2012 1 0
2014 6 1
Total 60 6

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

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