Yoshika Matsubara

is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Biography

Matsubara was born in Hamamatsu on August 19, 1974. After graduating from Tokai University Daiichi High School, he moved Uruguay and played for Peñarol in 1993. In 1994, he returned to Japan and joined Júbilo Iwata. He played many matches as substitute forward. He also played for Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996 and JEF United Ichihara in 1997 on loan. After that, he played many clubs in Croatia, Switzerland, Japan and Uruguay.

In July 1996, Matsubara was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 1996 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played 2 matches as substitute forward. Although Japan won 2 matches, Japan lost at First round. At this time, Japan won Brazil in first game. It was known as "Miracle of Miami" (マイアミの奇跡) in Japan.

After the retirement, Matsubara signed with J3 League club SC Sagamihara in November 2015. He managed the club until end of the 2015 season.

Statistics

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|1994||rowspan="2"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="2"|J1 League||18||7||0||0||0||0||18||7

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|1995||15||3||2||0||colspan="2"|-||17||3

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|1996||Shimizu S-Pulse||J1 League||13||3||0||0||3||0||16||3

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|1997||JEF United Ichihara||J1 League||25||8||2||0||7||3||34||11

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|1998||Júbilo Iwata||J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

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|2000||Shonan Bellmare||J2 League||35||12||3||0||2||1||40||13

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|2001||Avispa Fukuoka||J1 League||8||0||0||0||4||0||12||0

114||33||9||1||16||4||139||38

114||33||9||1||16||4||139||38

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References

Other websites

1974 births

Living people

Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture

Japanese football managers

J1 League players

J2 League players

Júbilo Iwata players

Shimizu S-Pulse players

JEF United Chiba players

Shonan Bellmare players

Avispa Fukuoka players

Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics