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Masahiro Okamoto

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Masahiro Okamoto
岡本 昌弘
Personal information
Full name Masahiro Okamoto
Date of birth (1983-05-17) May 17, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sagan Tosu
Number 31
Youth career
1990–1995 FC Libereo
1996–2001 JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2017 JEF United Chiba 242 (0)
2007 → JEF Reserves (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 → Ehime FC (loan) 84 (0)
2020–2021 Ehime FC 37 (0)
2022– Sagan Tosu 0 (0)
Medal record
JEF United Chiba
Winner J.League Cup 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2006
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:59, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Masahiro Okamoto (岡本 昌弘, Okamoto Masahiro, born May 17, 1983) is a Japanese football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Sagan Tosu.[1]

Playing career

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Okamoto was born in Chiba on May 17, 1983. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 2002. However he could hardly play in the match behind Ryo Kushino and Tomonori Tateishi. He got an opportunity to play from 2006 and played many matches from 2008. However the club results were sluggish and finished at the bottom place in 2009 season. JEF United was relegated to J2 League from 2010 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased behind Kushino in 2010, Okamoto became a regular goalkeeper from 2011. However he lost his position in late 2014 and his opportunity to play decreased from 2015. In 2018, he moved to Ehime FC.[2]

National team career

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In November 2003, Okamoto was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Eiji Kawashima.

Club statistics

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As of 1 January 2020.[3][4]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Other1 Total
2002 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2005 JEF United Chiba 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2006 13 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 17 0
2007 8 0 1 0 4 0 - 13 0
2008 21 0 0 0 4 0 - 25 0
2009 23 0 3 0 4 0 - 30 0
2010 J2 League 14 0 2 0 - - 16 0
2011 38 0 2 0 - - 40 0
2012 34 0 3 0 - 2 0 39 0
2013 42 0 1 0 - 1 0 44 0
2014 33 0 1 0 - - 34 0
2015 11 0 3 0 - - 14 0
2016 5 0 2 0 - - 7 0
2017 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 242 0 19 0 15 0 4 0 280 0
2018 Ehime FC J2 League 42 0 0 0 - - 42 0
2019 42 0 0 0 - - 42 0
Total 84 0 0 0 - - 84 0
Career total 326 0 19 0 15 0 4 0 364 0

1Includes A3 Champions Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

Honors and awards

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Team

References

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  1. ^ Masahiro Okamoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 211 out of 289)
  4. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 196 out of 289)
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