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Hayato Okamoto (footballer)

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Hayato Okamoto
岡元 勇人
Personal information
Full name Hayato Okamoto
Date of birth (1974-10-16) October 16, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 Izumo Technical High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2000 FC Tokyo 157 (45)
2001–2002 Yokogawa Electric 24 (7)
Total 181 (52)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hayato Okamoto (岡元 勇人, Okamoto Hayato, born October 16, 1974) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

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Okamoto was born in Izumo on October 16, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Tokyo Gas (later FC Tokyo) in 1993. He played many matches as left side midfielder from first season. The club results rose year by year and won the champions in 1998. The club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. On March 14, 1999, he scored a goal in the 4th minute against Sagan Tosu in opening match in 1999 season.[1] This goal is the first ever J2 League goal. Although he played as regular player, he got hurt in summer and his opportunity to play decreased. Although the club won the 2nd place in 1999 and was promoted to J1 League from 2000, he could only play one match. In 2001, he moved to Japan Football League club Yokogawa Electric. Although he played many matches in 2001, he could not play at all in the match in 2002 and retired in May 2002.

Club statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1993 Tokyo Gas Football League 15 2 - - 15 2
1994 26 7 3 0 - 29 7
1995 21 7 1 0 - 22 7
1996 23 6 1 0 - 24 6
1997 20 6 6 4 - 26 10
1998 23 14 2 1 - 25 15
1999 FC Tokyo J2 League 28 3 4 2 7 0 39 5
2000 J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 Yokogawa Electric Football League 24 7 0 0 - 24 7
2002 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 181 52 17 7 7 0 205 59

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