Full name Yoshito Okubo Playing position 1998–2000 Kunimi High School Role Football player Weight 73 kg | Number 13 Name Yoshito Okubo Height 1.7 m Spouse Rie Hayashida (m. 2004) | |
Date of birth (1982-06-09) 9 June 1982 (age 33) Children Aito Okubo, Ryokuji Okubo, Tori Okubo Similar People Kengo Nakamura, Hisato Sato, Shinji Okazaki, Yasuyuki Konno, Makoto Hasebe Profiles | ||
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 FC Tokyo.
Contents
- Yoshito okubo goal kawasaki frontale vs vissel kobe 2015 14 03 2015
- Career
- International career
- Career statistics
- Club
- Individual
- Yoshito okubo welcome to f c tokyo all goals 2016 2016
- References
Yoshito okubo goal kawasaki frontale vs vissel kobe 2015 14 03 2015
Career
On 3 January 2009, Vissel announced his transfer to VfL Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga. 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.
At the end of 2016 season and before J. League Championship, Okubo announced he'll leave Kawasaki Frontale to sign for FC Tokyo in 2017.
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. Okubo scored his first international goal on 17 October 2007 in a friendly against Egypt at Nagai Stadium in Osaka.
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.
Career statistics
Updated to 23 February 2016.