is a former
Japanese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
player.
Club career
Okubo made a total of 150 appearances in the
J.League playing for
Tokushima Vortis,
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the c ...
,
Kyoto Sanga FC
is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist templ ...
and
Tochigi SC
, commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League.
History
Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-exp ...
.
National team career
In 2002, Okubo represented the
Japan national under-19's in the
2002 AFC Youth Championship in
Qatar
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.
Club statistics
[Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社]
"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)"
14 February 2015, Japan, (p. 138 out of 298)
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
People from Ichihara, Chiba
Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Kyoto Sanga FC players
Tochigi SC players
Tokushima Vortis players
Matsumoto Yamaga FC players
JEF United Chiba players
Association football defenders
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