Shohei Okuno (奥野 将平, Okuno Shōhei, born 18 August 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Fukui United.

Shohei Okuno
Okuno with Sloboda in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
Fukui United
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2006 Gamba Osaka
2006–2009 Kokoku Highschool
2009–2013 Hannan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Auda Rīga 10 (8)
2013–2014 Sloboda Užice 29 (1)
2014 Pogoń Szczecin 5 (0)
2014 Pogoń Szczecin II 1 (0)
2015 Bytovia Bytów 7 (0)
2016–2018 Albion Park White Eagles
2019 Maccabi Hakoah 20 (1)
2020– Fukui United 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024

Career

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Born in Tokyo,[1] Okuno joined Latvian First League side FK Auda in 2013.[2] In the summer of 2013, after a successful trial he signed with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Sloboda Užice.[3] He joined the club along with another Japanese player, also coming from Latvia, Keisuke Ogawa, who joined from FC Jūrmala. Okuno made his league debut on 18 August 2013 against FK Čukarički.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 29 September 2013 against Radnički 1923.[5]

In 2014, he moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin. On 3 February 2015, he moved to another Polish club, Bytovia Bytów, playing in I liga.[4]

During the winter break of the 2015–16 season, he left Poland and settled in Australia where he joined Albion Park White Eagles.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Shohei Okuno at Srbijafudbal
  2. ^ Shohei Okuno at Worldfootball
  3. ^ 2013–14 squad Archived 2 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine at FK Sloboda Užice official website, retrieved 28-8-2013
  4. ^ a b Shohei Okuno at Soccerway
  5. ^ "JSL: Sloboda konačno pobedila, prvenac Japanca Okuna (VIDEO) - Srpski fudbal - Sportal.rs". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. ^ Shohei Okuno at 90minut.pl