Yasuhiko Okudera

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Okudera was born in Kazuno on March 12, 1952. After graduating from Sagami Institute of Technology High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric in 1970. In 1976, the club won the champions at Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup and he was selected Best Eleven. In May 1977, the club also won JSL Cup. In summer of 1977, he moved to German Bundesliga club Köln. The club won Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal champions in 1977/78 season. In 1980, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Hertha. In 1981, he moved to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. He played 159 matches for the club until 1986. In 1986, he returned to Japan and re-joined Furukawa Electric.  The club won the 1986 JSL Cup. He retired end of 1987/88 season.

On July 12, 1972, Okudera debuted for the Japan national team against Khmer. He played at 1976 Asian Cup qualification and 1978 World Cup qualification until 1977. While he played in Germany, he was not selected Japan national team from 1977 to 1986. In September 1986, when he was 34 years old, he returned to Japan and was selected Japan for 1986 Asian Games. In 1987, he also played at 1988 Summer Olympics qualification. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 32 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 1987.

After retirement, Okudera became a president at JEF United Ichihara (former Furukawa Electric) in 1994. He also served as a manager in 1996. In 1999, he became a president at new club Yokohama FC. Okudera was selected for the Japan Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and Asian Football Hall of Fame in 2014. In October 2017, Yokohama FC manager Hitoshi Nakata was sacked, Okudera managed the club as caretaker.

Statistics

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|1970||rowspan="8"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="8"|JSL Division 1||7||3||||||||||7||3
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|1971||9||5||||||||||9||5
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|1972||8||0||||||||||8||0
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|1973||18||6||||||||||18||6
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|1974||18||5||||||||||18||5
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|1975||18||9||||||||||18||9
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|1976||18||8||||||||||18||8
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|1977||4||0||||||||||4||0

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|1977–78||rowspan="4"|Köln||rowspan="4"|Bundesliga||20||4||4||2||||||24||6
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|1978–79||24||5||3||1||||||27||6
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|1979–80||30||6||8||1||||||38||7
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|1980–81||1||0||1||0||||||2||0
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|1980–81||Hertha||2. Bundesliga||25||8||4||0||||||29||8
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|1981–82||rowspan="5"|Werder Bremen||rowspan="5"|Bundesliga||30||2||4||0||||||34||2
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|1982–83||34||4||2||0||||||36||4
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|1983–84||29||1||4||0||||||33||1
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|1984–85||33||3||4||0||||||37||3
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|1985–86||33||1||3||0||||||36||1

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|1986–87||rowspan="2"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||21||2||||||||||21||2
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|1987–88||22||1||||||||||22||1
143||39||||||||||143||39
259||34||37||4||||||296||38
402||73||37||4||0||0||439||77
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1972||6||1
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|1973||0||0
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|1974||0||0
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|1975||5||0
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|1976||8||7
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|1977||4||0
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|1978||0||0
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|1979||0||0
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|1980||0||0
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|1981||0||0
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|1982||0||0
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|1983||0||0
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|1984||0||0
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|1985||0||0
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|1986||4||0
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|1987||5||1
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!Total||32||9
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References

Other websites

Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association

Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Akita Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japanese football managers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:JEF United Chiba players
Category:Yokohama FC managers