We would like to inform you that Yoshito OKUBO, a player belonging to our club, has decided to transfer completely to Kawasaki Frontale.
【Yu OKUBO Profile】
□ Position: FW
□ Date of Birth: June 9, 1982
□ Place of Origin: Fukuoka Prefecture
□ Height/Weight: 170cm/73kg
□ Blood Type: Type A
□ Career :
1998-2000 Nagasaki Prefectural Kunimi High School
2000 35th Inter-High Championship, Top Scorer
◈ Toyama National Sports Festival Champion
79th National High School Soccer Championship, Champion, Top Scorer, Outstanding Player Award
2001-2004 Cerezo Osaka
2001 J.League Rookie of the Year
81st Emperor's Cup All Japan Soccer Championship, Runner-up
2003 J.League Outstanding Player Award, AFC Youth Player of the Year
83rd Emperor's Cup All Japan Soccer Championship, Runner-up
2004 J.League Outstanding Player Award
2005-2006.5 RCD Mallorca (Spain) *Loan Transfer
2006.6- Cerezo Osaka
2007-2008 Vissel Kobe
2007 J.League Excellent Player Award
2008 J.League Excellent Player Award
2009-2009.5 Wolfsburg (Germany)
2008-2009 Bundesliga Champion
2009.6-2012 Vissel Kobe
2013-2016 Kawasaki Frontale
2013 J.League Top Scorer, Excellent Player Award, Best Eleven
2014 J.League Top Scorer, Excellent Player Award, Best Eleven
2015 J.League Top Scorer, Excellent Player Award, Best Eleven
2016 J.League Excellent Player Award
Runner-up in the 96th Emperor's Cup All Japan Soccer Championship
2017 FC Tokyo
□ Representative History:
2000 U-19 Japan national team (Runner-up at the 32nd AFC U-19 Championship in Iran)
2002 U-21 Japan national team (Participated in the 14th Asian Games 2012 in Busan)
2003 U-22 Japan national team (Participated in the final Asian qualifiers for the Athens Olympics)
2003 Japan national team (Participated in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2003)
2004 U-23 Japan national team (Participated in the Athens Olympics), Japan national team
2005 Japan national team
2007 Japan national team
2008 Japan national team
2009 Japan national team (Participated in the final Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa)
2010 Japan national team (Best 16 at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa)
2012 Japan national team
2014 Japan national team (Participated in the FIFA World Cup in Brazil)
* 60 international A match appearances and 6 goals as a member of the Japan national team (as of January 4, 2017)
□ Participation Record (as of December 28, 2017 / only while belonging to domestic clubs)
2017
【FC Tokyo】J1 League 28 matches played 8 goals / Cup matches 2 matches played 1 goal / Emperor's Cup 0 matches played 0 goals
＜Total＞
J1 League 399 matches played 179 goals
J2 League 29 matches played 18 goals
Cup matches 33 matches played 12 goals
Emperor's Cup 32 matches played 19 goals
ACL 8 matches played 1 goal
※ 1999, 2000 as Kunimi High School participated in 3 matches of the Emperor's Cup and scored 1 goal
* 2016 J.League Championship 1 match played, 0 goals scored
□Personal Comment
"It was a year where I faced soccer in my own way and thought about various things. Although it was a short time of one year, I am grateful for the warm support from the fans and supporters. Thank you very much."
