Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time (2021).
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Yasuhiko Okudera
Yasuhiko Okudera is a Japanese former football player and manager. A midfielder, Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as well as being the first Asian football player to score in the European Cup, while playing for 1. FC Köln in the 1979 semi-final match against Nottingham Forest and made 32 appearances – scoring nine goals – with the Japan national team.
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sports · Japanese footballer (born 1952) · association football player · association football coach · also Yasuhiko Okudera, Okudera Yasuhiko, Okudera
Born 12 March 1952 · Q558944
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2014· 1 entry
Won award: Asian Football Hall of Fame (2014).
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2012· 1 entry
Won award: Japan Football Hall of Fame (2012).
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1998· 1 entry
Joined his Köln teammate Pierre Littbarski and helped form Yokohama FC
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1993· 1 entry
Served as the president and manager of Furukawa, which had become JEF United Ichihara with limited success
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1987· 3 entries
Won award: Japan Soccer League Best Eleven (1986–87).
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Won: Asian Club Championship with Furukawa Electric (1986–87).
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Also played at 1988 Summer Olympics qualification
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1986· 2 entries
Runner-up: Bundesliga with Werder Bremen (1985–86).
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Played for JEF United Chiba (1986–1988) — 43 appearances, 3 goals.
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1985· 1 entry
Runner-up: Bundesliga with Werder Bremen (1984–85).
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1983· 1 entry
Runner-up: Bundesliga with Werder Bremen (1982–83).
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1981· 1 entry
Played for SV Werder Bremen (1981–1986) — 159 appearances, 11 goals.
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1980· 2 entries
Runner-up: DFB-Pokal with 1. FC Köln (1979–80).
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Played for Hertha BSC (1980–1981) — 25 appearances, 8 goals.
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1979· 1 entry
Won: European Cup Semi-finals with 1. FC Köln (1978–79).
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1978· 2 entries
Won: Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln (1977–78).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with 1. FC Köln (1977–78).
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1977· 2 entries
Won: Japanese Super Cup with Furukawa Electric (1977).
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Played for 1. FC Köln (1977–1980) — 75 appearances, 15 goals.
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1976· 5 entries
Won: Japan Soccer League with Furukawa Electric (1976).
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Won: Emperor's Cup with Furukawa Electric (1976).
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Runner-up: Pestabola Merdeka with Japan (1976).
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Won award: Japan Soccer League Best Eleven (1976).
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The club won the 1976 Japan Soccer League and 1976 Emperor's Cup and he was selected Best Eleven
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1972· 1 entry
Played for Japan men's national football team (1972–1987) — 32 appearances, 9 goals.
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1970· 2 entries
Played for JEF United Chiba (1970–1977) — 100 appearances, 36 goals.
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As an employee of Furukawa Electric, whose soccer team played in the corporate Japan Soccer League, the top flight league in Japan at the time
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-03-12.
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