Daisuke Oku
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daisuke Oku | ||
Date of birth | February 7, 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan | ||
Date of death | October 17, 2014 | (aged 38)||
Place of death | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2001 | Júbilo Iwata | 147 | (36) |
2002–2006 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 117 | (25) |
2007 | Yokohama FC | 16 | (1) |
Total | 280 | (62) | |
International career | |||
1995 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (1) |
1999–2004 | Japan | 26 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daisuke Oku (奧 大介, Oku Daisuke, February 7, 1976 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.[1]
Career
Oku turned professional after graduating from Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School in 1994.[2] In 280 J1 League matches, representing Júbilo Iwata, Yokohama F. Marinos and Yokohama FC, he scored 62 times.[2][3] He played for Júbilo Iwata until 2001, helping the club win two league titles and then played five seasons with Yokohama F. Marinos, where he won two more titles.[2] He finished his career in 2007 after playing for one season with Yokohama FC.[2][4]
Oku earned his first national cap in 1998 and appeared in 26 matches through 2004 for the senior national side, scoring on two occasions.[2][4]
Personal life
Oku married actress Hinako Saeki in 2002. In 2013, Oku was arrested by Kanagawa Prefecture police after he threatened to kill Hinako on multiple occasions.[4] Saeki eventually filed for divorce later that year.[5] But prosecutors decided not to indict Oku.[3]
Death
On the morning of 17 October 2014, Oku was killed following a car accident on Miyako Island.[6] He was driving on a prefectural road at about 4:25 a.m. when his car veered into the opposite lane and struck a telephone pole.[2] According to police, he was transported to a hospital, where he was soon pronounced dead from a broken pelvis and other injuries.[2] There were no other passengers in the car and following his death, police began investigating the cause of the accident.[3]
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
1994 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
1996 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 14 | 0 | |||
1997 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | - | 42 | 12 | |||
1998 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | - | 41 | 14 | |||
1999 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 35 | 7 | |||
2000 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 37 | 4 | |||
2001 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 33 | 4 | |||
2002 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 28 | 8 | |
2003 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 32 | 6 | |||
2004 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 13 | ||
2005 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 3 | ||
2006 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 20 | 2 | |||
2007 | Yokohama FC | J1 League | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 2 | |
Country | Japan | 280 | 62 | 23 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 350 | 72 | |
Total | 280 | 62 | 23 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 350 | 72 |
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1998 | 1 | 0 |
1999 | 5 | 1 |
2000 | 12 | 1 |
2001 | 4 | 0 |
2002 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 3 | 0 |
2004 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 26 | 2 |
Honours
Club
- AFC Champions League: 1998–99; runner-up: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Asian Super Cup: 1999
- J1 League: 1997, 1999
- J.League Cup: 1998; runner-up 2001
- Japanese Super Cup: 1998, 2000
International
Individual
References
- ^ "Former Japan soccer star Oku killed in car crash". Japan Today. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ex-Japan midfielder Oku killed in car crash". Japan News. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Former Japan international Oku killed in crash". Washington Times. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Ex-soccer pro Daisuke Oku arrested after threatening to kill wife". Japan Daily Press. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ 佐伯日菜子離婚へ…奥容疑者勾留中にTemplate:Ja icon
- ^ 元日本代表・奥大介氏が死去 38歳、宮古島で交通事故Template:Ja icon
- ^ [1][2][3] at Júbilo Iwata Template:Ja
- ^ Daisuke Oku at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b "Records". Jubilo Iwata. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Club History: 1999-". Yokohama F. Marinos. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
External links
- National Football Teams
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Player statistics at J.League Data Site Template:Ja
- 1976 births
- 2014 deaths
- Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Japan youth international footballers
- Japan international footballers
- J1 League players
- Júbilo Iwata players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Yokohama FC players
- 1999 Copa América players
- 2000 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players
- Road incident deaths in Japan
- Association football midfielders