Daisuke Oku

Daisuke Oku
Personal information
Full name Daisuke Oku
Date of birth (1976-02-07)February 7, 1976
Place of birth Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
Date of death October 17, 2014(2014-10-17) (aged 38)
Place of death Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
1995 Japan U-20 4 (1)
1999–2004 Japan 26 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

[7]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1994Júbilo IwataJ1 League000000-00
19950000--00
1996600080-140
199726940123-4212
199832123062-4114
19992873040-357
20003043040-374
20012542060-334
2002Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League2672100-288
20032651051-326
200425102141413513
2005251211051333
20061521040-202
2007Yokohama FCJ1 League1610021-182
Country Japan 280622335689135072
Total 280622335689135072

National team statistics

[8]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199810
199951
2000121
200140
200200
200330
200410
Total262

Honours

Club

Jubilo Iwata[2][9]
Yokohama F. Marinos[2][10]

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Former Japan soccer star Oku killed in car crash". Japan Today. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ex-Japan midfielder Oku killed in car crash". Japan News. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Former Japan international Oku killed in crash". Washington Times. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ex-soccer pro Daisuke Oku arrested after threatening to kill wife". Japan Daily Press. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 佐伯日菜子離婚へ…奥容疑者勾留中に(Japanese)
  6. ↑ 元日本代表・奥大介氏が死去　３８歳、宮古島で交通事故(Japanese)
  7. ↑ at Júbilo Iwata (Japanese)
  8. ↑ Daisuke Oku at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. 1 2 "Records". Jubilo Iwata. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Club History: 1999-". Yokohama F. Marinos. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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