Yoshito Okubo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yoshito Ōkubo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Kanda, Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6.9 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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) |
| 2013–2016 | Kawasaki Frontale | 130 | (82) |
| 2017– | FC Tokyo | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Japan | 60 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014 |
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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.
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.
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.
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