Nobuhiro Takeda

Nobuhiro Takeda
Personal information
Full name	Nobuhiro Takeda
Date of birth	May 10, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1983–1985	Shimizu Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1997	Verdy Kawasaki
1996	→Júbilo Iwata (loan)
1997	Kyoto Purple Sanga
1998–1999	JEF United Ichihara
2000–2001	Tokyo Verdy
2000	→Sportivo Luqueño (loan)
Total
National team
1987–1994	Japan
Honours
Tokyo Verdy
JEF United Ichihara
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nobuhiro Takeda (武田修宏, Takeda Nobuhiro, born May 10, 1967) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

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 (later Tokyo Verdy) 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), and finished his playing career at Verdy (2001).

Takeda played 18 times for the Japanese national team between 1987 and 1994. He made his international debut on April 8, 1987 in a 1988 Summer Olympics qualification against Indonesia. 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" (ドーハの悲劇).

Statistics

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Club statistics			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	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	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
Country	Japan		359	142	35	14	61	17	455	173
Total			359	142	35	14	61	17	455	173