Nobuhiro Takeda

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|name=Nobuhiro Takeda
武田修宏

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|fullname=Nobuhiro Takeda

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|5|10}}

|birth_place=Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.77}}

|position=Forward

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|youthyears1=1983–1985|youthclubs1=Shimizu Higashi High School

|years1=1986–1997|clubs1=Verdy Kawasaki|caps1=243|goals1=108

|years2=1996|clubs2=→ Júbilo Iwata (loan)|caps2=24|goals2=4

|years3=1997|clubs3=Kyoto Purple Sanga|caps3=16|goals3=9

|years4=1998–1999|clubs4=JEF United Ichihara|caps4=57|goals4=19

|years5=2000–2001|clubs5=Tokyo Verdy|caps5=19|goals5=2

|years6=2000|clubs6=→ Sportivo Luqueño (loan)|caps6=2|goals6=0

|totalcaps=359|totalgoals=142

|nationalyears1=1987–1994|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=18|nationalgoals1=1

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{{Nihongo|Nobuhiro Takeda|武田修宏|Takeda Nobuhiro|born 10 May 1967}} is a Japanese former football player. He played for Japan national team. He was a forward and known as an opportunistic goal-scorer, making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. He currently works at Nippon Television and belongs to an entertainment agency Horipro as a sportscaster.[http://www.horipro.co.jp/talent/SC005/ website by Horipro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719075322/http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC005/ |date=2013-07-19 }} {{in lang|ja}} Takeda is also an influential businessman and player agent in Japanese.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/la-inspiracion-samuray-en-luqueno/amp|title=Diario HOY | la inspiración samuray en Luqueño|date=3 February 2021 }}

Club career

Takeda was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He joined Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri in 1986. When Japan's first professional league J1 League started in 1993, Yomiuri was transformed to Verdy Kawasaki for whom he continued to play. His partnership with Kazuyoshi Miura up front was one of the key elements that brought successes to the club in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was transferred to Júbilo Iwata for the 1996 season but came back to Verdy (1997), then moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga (July 1997-December 1997), JEF United Ichihara (1998–1999), again Verdy (2000), Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño (June 2000-December 2000), where he made two appearances for the club under coach Raul Vicente Amarilla, and finished his playing career at Verdy (2001).

National team career

Takeda played 18 times for the Japan national team between 1987 and 1994.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/takeda_nobuhiro.html Japan National Football Team Database] He made his international debut on April 8, 1987 in a 1988 Summer Olympics qualification against Indonesia at the Tokyo National Stadium. He scored his sole international goal in the match. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup but he did not play in the tournament.

Under national coach Hans Ooft, Japan reached the 1994 World Cup qualification final stage for the 1994 World Cup. He was on the pitch, after replacing Masashi Nakayama in the 81st minute, when Japan's hope to play in the finals in the USA was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
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Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1986/87	rowspan="6"\|Yomiuri	rowspan="6"\|JSL Division 1	22	11	0	0	5	3	27	14
1987/88	21	5	4	0	1	0	26	5
1988/89	15	4	3	2	3	0	21	6
1989/90	22	13	4	1	4	1	30	15
1990/91	22	9	1	0	2	0	25	9
1991/92	20	6	5	5	5	5	30	16
1992	rowspan="4"\|Verdy Kawasaki	rowspan="4"\|J1 League	colspan="2"
\|5	1	11	4	16	5
1993	36	17	3	0	1	0	40	17
1994	40	23	0	0	3	1	43	24
1995	41	20	1	1	colspan="2"
\|42	21
1996	Júbilo Iwata	J1 League	24	4	1	0	14	2	39	6
1997	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	4	0	0	0	6	1	10	1
1997	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	16	9	2	1	0	0	18	10
1998	rowspan="2"\|JEF United Ichihara	rowspan="2"\|J1 League	33	13	1	0	6	2	40	15
1999	24	6	0	0	2	1	26	7
2000	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2001	Tokyo Verdy	J1 League	19	2	0	0	2	0	21	2
colspan=3\|Total !359\|\|142\|\|35\|\|14\|\|61\|\|17\|\|455\|\|173

National team statistics

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Japan national team
1987	4	1
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	4	0
1991	2	0
1992	2	0
1993	4	0
1994	2	0
Total\|\|18\|\|1

Honors and awards

=Team honors=

1992 Asian Cup (Champions)

Video games

Takeda Nobuhiro no Super Cup Soccer - Super Famicom videogame, released November 26, 1993
Takeda Nobuhiro no Ace Striker - Game Boy videogame, released February 18, 1994
Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer - Super Famicom videogame, released November 25, 1994

References

External links

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[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/takeda_nobuhiro.html Japan National Football Team Database]
{{Official website|http://sports.horipro.co.jp/takeda/}} {{in lang|ja}}

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