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Daisuke Oku Position: MF Born:07-Feb-1976 Height/Weight:173/68 Birthplace:Hyogo Previous Teams:Odaminami Jr.High, Kobe Koryo High, Jubilo Iwata, Yokohama Marinos, Jubilo Iwata, Yokohama Marinos Matches (J1/J2):280/0 Goals: 62/0 First Appearance: 04-May-1996 Jubilo Iwata - vs - Sanfrecce Hiroshima (at Iwata "Yamaha" Stadium) First Goal : 05-Jul-1997 Jubilo Iwata - vs - Kyoto Purple Sanga (at Nishikyogoku Stadium) Year Team Appearances Goals 1994 Jubilo Iwata 0 0 1995 Jubilo Iwata 0 0 1996 Jubilo Iwata 6 0 1997 Jubilo Iwata 26 9 1998 Jubilo Iwata 32 12 1999 Jubilo Iwata 28 7 2000 Jubilo Iwata 30 4 2001 Jubilo Iwata 25 4 2002 Yokohama Marinos 26 7 2003 Yokohama Marinos 26 5 2004 Yokohama Marinos 25 10 2005 Yokohama Marinos 25 1 2006 Yokohama Marinos 15 2 2007 Yokohama FC 16 1 TOTAL 280 62 Daisuke Oku was an unusual character: a player who was neither very big nor fast, nor even particularly skillful in technical terms, but who somehow always seemed to be right in the center of some of the J.League's best teams. A look at his resume shows that Oku took part in a large number of championship contests and there is no question that he can be described as "a winner". Some would say that Oku owes his success to his teammates, having played for Jubilo Iwata and Yokohama Marinos -- two of the J.League's top teams -- at a time when they were at the top of their success. But that would be unfair to Oku, who was always a hard-working and busy midfielder with a very good understanding of where to be on the pitch at any given time. He provided a balance to the squad which somehow allowed the players around him to function more effectively. It is probably this positional skill that won him over two dozen national team caps, over the years. It certainly cant be his dribbling ability, or his scoring sense (one J.League watcher described him as "the human black hole", because "once you send the ball to him, you can be sure it is never coming back out"). But even his greatest detractors will have a hard time arguing that Oku was on a lot of winning teams. Surely his coaches must have seen something in him to constantly award him a starting role in a championship squad. The constant activity that he contributed in midfield seemed to have a positive influence on his teams, and though he was forced to move to less competitive clubs in order to get playing time, as he neared the end of his career, he was always able to make the players around him somehow look better, even when the black hole that surrounded him prevented him from taking the spotlight himself. National Team Data & History NT Caps: 25 NT Goals: 1 Tournaments: World Cup Qualifiers (1997) Copa America (1999) Asia Cup (2000) Confederations Cup (2003) Date Vs. Score Location Status Min. G 10-28-1998 Egypt 1-0 Nagai Stadium Start 90 0 6-3-1999 Belgium 0-0 Nat'l Stadium Sub 3 0 6-6-1999 Peru 0-0 Nat'l Stadium Sub 20 0 6-29-1999 Peru 2-3 Asuncion, Paraguay Sub 17 0 7-5-1999 Bolivia 1-1 Parapti, Paraguay Sub 26 0 9-8-1999 Iran 1-1 Yokohama Int'l Start 90 1 2-5-2000 Mexico 0-1 Hong Kong Sub 15 0 2-8-2000 Hong Kong* 0-0 Hong Kong Sub 45 0 2-13-2000 Singapore 3-0 Macao Stadium Sub 39 0 2-16-2000 Brunei 9-0 Macao Stadium Start 45 0 6-6-2000 Jamaica 4-0 Rabat, Morocco Sub 45 0 6-11-2000 Slovakia 1-1 Miyagi Stadium Start 85 0 6-18-2000 Bolivia 2-0 Yokohama Int'l Start 90 0 8-16-2000 UAE 3-0 Hiroshima"BigArch" Sub 45 1 10-20-2000 Qatar 1-1 Sidon, Lebanon Sub 19 0 10-23-2000 Iraq 4-1 Beirut, Lebanon Sub 19 0 10-26-2000 China 3-2 Beirut, Lebanon Sub 19 0 10-29-2000 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Beirut, Lebanon Sub 2 0 12-20-2000 Korea 1-1 National Stadium Sub 45 0 4-25-2001 Spain 0-1 Cordoba, Spain Sub 3 0 8-15-2001 Australia 3-0 Shizuoka Stadium Sub 3 0 10-4-2001 Senegal 0-2 Lens, France Start 75 0 10-4-2001 Nigeria 2-2 Southampton, England Sub 20 0 4-16-2003 Korea 1-0 Seoul, Korea Sub 45 0 6-22-2003 Colombia 0-1 St.Etienne,France Sub 8 0

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