SOCCER PLAYER

Yoshio Okada

1926 - 2002

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Yoshio Okada (岡田 吉夫, Okada Yoshio; August 11, 1926 – June 22, 2002) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshio Okada is the 235th most popular soccer player (up from 251st in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 254th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Yoshio Okada is most famous for being the founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, which is a Christian church.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yoshio Okada ranks 235 out of 21,273. Before him are Kevin De Bruyne, Arawa Kimura, Tokizo Ichihashi, Kylian Mbappé, Claude Makélélé, and Salvatore Schillaci. After him are Hifuyo Uchida, Tadao Takayama, Yozo Aoki, Francisco Varallo, Samuel Eto'o, and Kevin Keegan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Yoshio Okada ranks 72. Before him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Harry Dean Stanton, Salah Jadid, Sergio Corbucci, Joan Sutherland, and John Fowles. After him are George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Jorge Medina, György Kurtág, Andrew Schally, and Henry Way Kendall. Among people deceased in 2002, Yoshio Okada ranks 45. Before him are Zizinho, William Luther Pierce, Abu Nidal, Xi Zhongxun, John Cocke, and Ne Win. After him are Eduardo Chillida, Raf Vallone, John Gotti, René Thom, Cyrus Vance, and Sigvard Bernadotte.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshio Okada ranks 223 out of 6,245. Before him are Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Yosa Buson (1716), Arawa Kimura (1931), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), and Sanada Yukimura (1567). After him are Hifuyo Uchida (null), Tadao Takayama (1904), Yozo Aoki (1929), Waichiro Omura (1933), Empress Kōjun (1903), and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Yoshio Okada ranks 36. Before him are Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Arawa Kimura (1931), and Tokizo Ichihashi (1909). After him are Hifuyo Uchida (null), Tadao Takayama (1904), Yozo Aoki (1929), Waichiro Omura (1933), Takashi Kano (1920), and Megumu Tamura (1927).

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