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Nobuhiro Takeda
武田 修宏
Personal information
Full name Nobuhiro Takeda
Date of birth (1967-05-10) May 10, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1983–1985 Shimizu Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1997 Verdy Kawasaki 243 (108)
1996 Júbilo Iwata (loan) 24 (4)
1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga 16 (9)
1998–1999 JEF United Ichihara 57 (19)
2000–2001 Tokyo Verdy 19 (2)
2000 → Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 2 (0)
Total 359 (142)
National team
1987–1994 Japan 18 (1)
Honours
Tokyo Verdy
Winner Japan Soccer League 1986/87
Winner Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Winner Japan Soccer League 1991/92
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Winner J1 League 1993
Winner J1 League 1994
Runner-up J1 League 1995
Winner JSL Cup 1991
Winner J.League Cup 1992
Winner J.League Cup 1993
Winner J.League Cup 1994
Winner Emperor's Cup 1986
Winner Emperor's Cup 1987
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1991
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1992
JEF United Ichihara
Runner-up J.League Cup 1998
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold 1992 Japan
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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. Takeda is also an influential businessman and player agent in Japanese.

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. 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

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1986/87 Yomiuri 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 Verdy Kawasaki J1 League - 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 - 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 JEF United Ichihara 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
Total 359 142 35 14 61 17 455 173

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
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

See also

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