Naohiro Takahara
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Naohiro Takahara | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Naohiro Takahara | |
Date of birth | June 4, 1979 | |
Place of birth | Mishima, Japan | |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
Playing position | Striker | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
Number | 7 | |
Youth clubs | ||
1995-1997 | Shimizu Higashi High School | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1998-2002 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-2007 2008- |
Júbilo Iwata →Boca Juniors (loan) Hamburger SV Eintracht Frankfurt Urawa Red Diamonds |
105 (58) 6 (1) 97 (13) 38 (12) 10 (2) |
National team2 | ||
2000-present | Japan | 57 (23) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Naohiro Takahara (高原 直泰 Takahara Naohiro?, born June 4, 1979) is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a striker
Takahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. On December 3, 2006, he scored his first hat-trick in the German Bundesliga in a league game against Alemannia Aachen. In January 2008 he moved to Urawa Red Diamonds for a transfer fee of around ¥180 million (around $1.7 million).[1]
Takahara had played for Japan in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney but missed the 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by his home country and South Korea, because of injury. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and played in all the six games involving Japan. He scored four goals and was a joint top scorer of the tournament.
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[edit] Facts
- His goals and performances are celebrated by Eintracht supporters by singing to the melody of Gala's Freed from desire. After successful matches Takahara often joins the faithful to jump up and down the same way.
- Takahara was the first Japanese to play in the Argentine First Division league[1].
- Takahara is the third Japanese to play in Fußball-Bundesliga after Yasuhiko Okudera and Kazuo Ozaki.
[edit] National team
[edit] Honors and awards
[edit] Individual Honors
- AFC Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2000
- J. League Most Valuable Player: 2002
- J. League Top Scorer: 2002
- J. League Best Eleven: 2002
- AFC Asian Cup Top Scorer: 2007
[edit] Team Honors
- FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1999
- AFC Asian Cup Champions: 2000
- AFC Champions League Champions: 1999
- Asian Super Cup Champions: 1999
- J-League Champions: 1999, 2002
- DFB-Ligapokal Champions: 2003
[edit] Club Career Stats
Last update: 21 October 2007
Season | Club | Country | Division | League | League Cup | National Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1998 | Júbilo Iwata | Japan | 1 | 20 | 5 | ||||||||
1999 | Júbilo Iwata | Japan | 1 | 21 | 9 | ||||||||
2000 | Júbilo Iwata | Japan | 1 | 24 | 10 | ||||||||
2001 | Júbilo Iwata | Japan | 1 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||
2001-02 | Boca Juniors | Argentina | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
2002 | Júbilo Iwata | Japan | 1 | 27 | 26 | ||||||||
2002-03 | Hamburger SV | Germany | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||
2003-04 | Hamburger SV | Germany | 1 | 29 | 2 | ||||||||
2004-05 | Hamburger SV | Germany | 1 | 31 | 7 | ||||||||
2005-06 | Hamburger SV | Germany | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2006-07 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany | 1 | 30 | 11 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 17 |
2007-08 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
[edit] International Goals
[edit] References
- ^ (German) "Takahara leaves the Eintracht", eintracht.de, accessed January 4, 2008.
[edit] External links
Preceded by Toshiya Fujita |
J. League Player of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Emerson |
Preceded by Will |
J. League Top Scorer 2002 |
Succeeded by Ueslei |
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