Left-Back · Defender

#4 Ko Matsubara

Júbilo Iwata J2/J3 100 Year Vision League · Japan

Date of birth / Age: 30 Aug 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.82 m · 72 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Left-Back
Citizenship: Japan
Joined club: 23 Jul 2022
Contract until: 2026

Date of birth / Age: 30 Aug 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.82 m · 72 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Left-Back
Citizenship: Japan
Joined club: 23 Jul 2022
Contract until: 2026

Season 2026

Appearances: 10
Starting eleven: 8
Goals: 1
Assists: –
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: –
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 690

Starting eleven80%

8 of 10 appearances

Minutes played690

69 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals

Positions played

267 matches · since 2015

CFCMCBLB

Position	Apps	G	A
Left-Back	260	17	23
Centre-Back	4	0	0
Central Midfield	2	0	0
Centre-Forward	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · full-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #6523; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #1661; among full-backs aged 30+
In his league: 12%; of J2 League full-backs rank below him
Finishing: +2.8; goals above expected · better than 91% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

12 Expected

9.2

88 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

11 Expected

11.2

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	J2 League	Júbilo Iwata	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	233
2026	J2/J3 100 Year Vision League	Júbilo Iwata	10	8	1	–	1	–	0	690
2025	J2 League	Júbilo Iwata	38	35	3	1	6	0	0	3,111
2025	J-League Cup	Júbilo Iwata	4	2	0	–	2	–	0	204
2024	J1 League	Júbilo Iwata	35	34	3	5	5	0	0	3,031
2023	J2 League	Júbilo Iwata	40	38	6	5	3	0	0	3,391
2023	J-League Cup	Júbilo Iwata	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2022	J1 League	Júbilo Iwata	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	213
2021/22	Pro League	Sint-Truiden	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	411
2020/21	Pro League	Sint-Truiden	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	472
2019/20	Pro League	Sint-Truiden	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	71
2019	J1 League	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	34	2	1	2	0	0	3,056
2019	J-League Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	34
2018	J1 League	Shimizu S-Pulse	32	31	0	3	1	1	0	2,774
2018	J-League Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017	J1 League	Shimizu S-Pulse	30	32	2	3	4	0	1	2,655
2017	J-League Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	3	1	0	–	1	–	0	127
2016	Emperor Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	13
2017	Emperor Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016	J2 League	Shimizu S-Pulse	28	28	1	2	2	0	0	2,498
2015	J1 League	Shimizu S-Pulse	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	378
2015	J-League Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	300

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			296	267	18	23^*	30	1^*	1	23,886

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
J1 League	146	7	13
J2 League	109	10	8
Pro League	15	0	2
J-League Cup	14	0	–
J2/J3 100 Year Vision League	10	1	–
Emperor Cup	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Sint-Truiden Júbilo Iwata Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Shimizu S-Pulse Sint-Truiden Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2015 Feb 2015 · Unknown – Shimizu S-Pulse Unknown

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Honours

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