Daiki Takamatsu

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Daiki Takamatsu
Full name	Daiki Takamatsu
Date of birth	September 8, 1981 (1981-09-08) (age 26)
Place of birth	Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Oita Trinita
Youth clubs
1997-1999	Tatara Gakuen High School
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-	Oita Trinita	196 0(52)
National team²
2006-	Japan	002 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Daiki Takamatsu (高松大樹, Takamatsu Daiki^?, born September 8, 1981 in Ube, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese football player. He is a forward and plays for J. League side Oita Trinita.^[1]

[edit] Career

Takamatsu was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 1999 when he was a student of Tatara Gakuen High School. Because of this status, he was able to register as a Sanfrecce Hiroshima player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Hiroshima.

After graduating from his high school in 2000, he joined J. League Division 2 side Oita Trinita. He played 6 games and scored 1 goal in his first season. In the 2001 season, he became a regular playing 22 league games and scored 8 goals. The club was promoted to J.League Division 1 at the end of the 2002 season.

He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.

The 2006 season turned out to be the most prolific season for him scoring 12 league goals. The reward was the first full international cap handed by national coach Ivica Osim on November 15, 2006 in an 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia at Sapporo Dome when he replaced Kazuki Ganaha in the 74th minute.^[2]