# Ken Matsubara

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Japanese footballer (born 1993)

Ken Matsubara 松原 健 Matsubara with Yokohama F. Marinos in 2023 Personal information Full name Ken Matsubara Date of birth (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 33) Place of birth Usa, Ōita, Japan Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Position Right back Team information Current team Yokohama F. Marinos Number 27 Youth career 1999–2004 Yokkaichi Minami SSC 2005–2007 FC Nakatsu 2008–2010 Oita Trinita Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2010–2013 Oita Trinita 37 (0) 2014–2016 Albirex Niigata 48 (0) 2014–2015 → J. League U-22 (loan) 1 (0) 2017– Yokohama F. Marinos 208 (9) International career‡ 2009 Japan U-17 3 (0) 2021– Japan 1 (0) Medal record Yokohama F. Marinos Runner-up J.League Cup 2018 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2017 Representing Japan AFC U-23 Championship 2016 Qatar * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2021

**Ken Matsubara** (松原 健, *Matsubara Ken*; born 16 February 1993) is a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) [footballer](/source/Football_(soccer)) currently playing for [Yokohama F. Marinos](/source/Yokohama_F._Marinos).[1]

## National team career

In October 2009, he was elected [Japan U-17 national team](/source/Japan_national_under-17_football_team) for [2009 U-17 World Cup](/source/2009_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup). He played full time in all 3 matches as a [right back](/source/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back).[2]

He made his debut for [Japan national football team](/source/Japan_national_football_team) on 30 March 2021 in a [World Cup qualifier](/source/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round) against Mongolia.[3]

## Career statistics

- *As of match played 8 December 2024*.[4][5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Oita Trinita 2010 J2 League 9 0 1 0 — — — 10 0 2011 10 0 2 0 — — — 12 0 2012 10 0 1 0 — — — 11 0 2013 J1 League 8 0 1 0 4 0 — — 13 0 Total 37 0 5 0 4 0 — — 46 0 Albirex Niigata 2014 J1 League 31 0 2 0 5 0 — — 38 0 2015 0 0 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0 2016 17 0 2 0 1 0 — — 20 0 Total 48 0 5 0 7 0 — — 60 0 Yokohama F. Marinos 2017 J1 League 26 1 6 0 0 0 — — 32 1 2018 29 1 1 0 9 0 — — 39 1 2019 14 1 1 0 3 1 — — 18 2 2020 20 1 — 1 0 6 0 1 0 28 1 2021 22 1 1 0 3 0 — — 26 1 2022 21 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 — 29 1 2023 26 2 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 39 3 2024 29 1 1 1 3 0 10 0 — 43 2 Total 187 9 12 1 28 2 26 0 1 0 254 12 Career Total 272 9 22 1 39 2 26 0 1 0 360 12

## Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team record Start Sub Japan 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup U-17 3 0 0 Group Stage

## Honours

### Club

**Yokohama F. Marinos**

- [J1 League](/source/J1_League): [2019](/source/2019_J1_League), [2022](/source/2022_J1_League)[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Stats Centre: Ken Matsubara Facts"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121011071306/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=152&pStr=Player&PLID=220828&TEID=3705). [Guardian.co.uk](/source/Guardian.co.uk). Archived from [the original](http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=152&pStr=Player&PLID=220828&TEID=3705) on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["FIFA player statistics: Ken Matsubara"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091028091712/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=314311/index.html). [FIFA.com](/source/FIFA.com). Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=314311/index.html) on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mongolia v Japan game report"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201106142447/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/match/400080712/#match-lineups). [FIFA](/source/FIFA). 30 March 2021. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/match/400080712/#match-lineups) on 6 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, ["J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"](https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521), 7 February 2018, Japan, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4905411529](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4905411529) (p. 43 out of 289)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, ["2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"](https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H), 8 February 2017, Japan, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4905411420](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4905411420) (p. 84 out of 289)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["J1横浜M 3年ぶりリーグ制覇 最終節で決める"](https://www.kanaloco.jp/sports/soccer/marinos/article-947971.html). *Kanagawa Shimbun*. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

## External links

- [Ken Matsubara](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=314311/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

- [Ken Matsubara](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/82181.html) at National-Football-Teams.com

- [Ken Matsubara](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=9887) at [J.League](/source/J.League) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=9887)) (in Japanese)

- [Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos](http://www.f-marinos.com/club/player/top/2017/27) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170626182818/http://www.f-marinos.com/club/player/top/2017/27) 26 June 2017 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

v t e Yokohama F. Marinos – current squad 1 Park Il-gyu 2 Katō 6 K. Watanabe 7 Tōno 8 Kida 9 Tanimura 11 Croux 13 Inoue 15 T. Watanabe 17 Quiñónes 18 Onaiwu 19 Tevis 20 Tsuboi 21 Iikura 22 Tsunoda 23 Miyaichi 24 Kondo 25 Suzuki 26 David 27 Matsubara 28 Yamane 29 Higuchi 30 Yuri 31 Kimura 32 Tanaka 33 Suwama 34 Kimura 35 Sekitomi 40 Amano 41 Matsumura 44 Deng 46 Asada 47 Miidera 49 Murakami Manager: Ōshima

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