Tatsuhiko Kubo

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

Biography
Kubo was born in Chikuzen, Fukuoka on June 18, 1976. After graduating from Chikuyo Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1995. He debuted in 1996 and became a regular striker as Takuya Takagi successor from 1998. However the club was relegated to J2 League in 2002. He moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2003. In 2003, the club won the champions J1 League. He was also selected Best Eleven and "Japanese Footballer of the Year award". However his opportunity to play decreased for low back pain from 2004. He moved to Yokohama FC in 2007. However the club was relegated to J2 and he also did not play many matches. After that, he returned to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2008 and moved to Japan Football League club Zweigen Kanazawa in 2010. He retired end of 2011 season.

After 1998 World Cup, in October 1998, Kubo was selected the Japan national team by new manager Philippe Troussier. On October 28, he debuted for Japan against Egypt. Although he played at 2000 Asian Cup and 2001 Confederations Cup, his opportunity to play in the matches was few and he was not selected Japan for 2002 World Cup. After 2002 World Cup, in December 2003, he was selected Japan for 2003 East Asian Football Championship and he scored 2 goals against China. This goals were his first goal for Japan. In the first half of 2004, he played as striker and scored 6 goals in 9 games. However, he did not play for low back pain from late 2004. From February 2006, he came back to Japan and he scored 3 goals in 6 matches, however he was not selected Japan for 2006 World Cup. He played 32 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2006.

Statistics

Club

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|1995||rowspan="8"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="8"|J1 League||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1996||22||2||3||0||10||4||colspan="2"|-||35||6
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|1997||22||7||2||0||5||1||colspan="2"|-||29||8
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|1998||32||12||3||2||3||0||colspan="2"|-||38||14
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|1999||25||13||0||0||4||1||colspan="2"|-||29||14
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|2000||24||11||2||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||29||12
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|2001||30||15||2||0||6||4||colspan="2"|-||38||19
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|2002||28||7||4||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||32||9
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|2003||rowspan="4"|Yokohama F. Marinos||rowspan="4"|J1 League||25||16||2||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||31||17
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|2004||19||4||0||0||0||0||4||2||23||6
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|2005||10||1||2||4||1||0||2||0||15||5
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|2006||29||5||2||1||4||3||colspan="2"|-||35||9
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|2007||Yokohama FC||J1 League||8||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||9||1
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|2008||rowspan="2"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||J2 League||25||3||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||4
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|2009||J1 League||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
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|2010||rowspan="2"|Zweigen Kanazawa||rowspan="2"|Football League||27||9||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||9
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|2011||23||6||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||6
351||112||28||12||41||13||6||2||426||139
351||112||28||12||41||13||6||2||426||139
|}

International
Japan National Football Team Database
 Japan national teamYearAppsGoals199810199910200050200120200250200332200496200500200663Total3211

International goals
 #  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  December 4, 2003  Tokyo, Japan    2-0  Won  East Asian Football Championship 2003 2.  December 4, 2003  Tokyo, Japan    2-0  Won  East Asian Football Championship 2003 3.  February 18, 2004  Saitama, Japan   1-0  Won  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 4.  April 25, 2004  Zalaegerszeg, Hungary    2-3  Lost  Friendly 5.  April 28, 2004  Prague, Czech Republic    1-0  Won  Friendly 6.  May 30, 2004  Manchester, England    3-2  Won  Friendly 7.  May 30, 2004  Manchester, England   3-2  Won  Friendly 8.  June 9, 2004  Saitama, Japan   7-0  Won  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 9.  February 18, 2006  Shizuoka, Japan   2-0  Won  Friendly 10.  February 22, 2006  Yokohama, Japan   6-0  Won  2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 11.  February 22, 2006  Yokohama, Japan   6-0  Won  2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

References

Other websites

Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Category:Yokohama F. Marinos players
Category:Yokohama FC players
Category:Zweigen Kanazawa players
Category:2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Category:2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:AFC Asian Cup-winning players