or Kang Il-Sung (

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: 강일성,

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: 康一成) is a former

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ese

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player of Korean descent.

Playing career

Okayama was born in

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on April 24, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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(later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1997. On September 6, he debuted as forward and scored a goal against

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. After the debut, he scored a goal for 3 matches in a row. However he could hardly play in the match from 1998. In June 1999, he moved to

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club

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. In 2000, he returned to Yokohama F. Marinos. He was converted to center back and played many matches. In 2001, he moved to Cerezo Osaka. He played many matches as forward. In 2002, he moved to J2 club

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and became a regular player as right defender of three backs defense. Although he played many matches in 2003, he could not play as starting member in most matches and he could hardly play in the match in 2004. In 2005, he moved to

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. He played many matches as mainly center back and the club was promoted to J1 end of 2005 season. However he moved to J2 club

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in 2006. He played many matches as center back and the club was promoted to J1 from 2007 season. However he could hardly play in the match in 2007 and he moved to J2 club

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in August 2007. He played as regular center back in 2 seasons. After a half year blank, he moved to South Korean club

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in July 2009. He played for the club in 2 seasons and returned to Japan end of 2010 season. After a half year blank, he joined to

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in June 2011. However he could hardly play in the match and left the club end of 2012 season. In August 2013, he joined

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club

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. The club was promoted to

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from 2015. He retired end of 2017 season.

Club statistics

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Honours

Club

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: 2009 *

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: 2009

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* * * 1978 births Living people Association football people from Osaka Prefecture People from Sakai, Osaka Japanese footballers Japanese people of Korean descent J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League players K League 1 players Yokohama F. Marinos players Omiya Ardija players Cerezo Osaka players Kawasaki Frontale players Avispa Fukuoka players Kashiwa Reysol players Vegalta Sendai players Pohang Steelers players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Nara Club players Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in South Korea Japanese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Naturalized citizens of Japan Zainichi Korean people Association football defenders Association football forwards {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub