Nobuhiro Takeda

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Personal information
Nobuhiro Takeda
Full name	Nobuhiro Takeda
Date of birth	May 10, 1967 (1967-05-10) (age 41)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth clubs
1983-1985	Shimizu Higashi High School
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1995 1996 1997 1997 1998-1999 2000 2000 2001	Yomiuri SC/Verdy Kawasaki Jubilo Iwata Verdy Kawasaki Kyoto Purple Sanga JEF United Ichihara Verdy Kawasaki Club Sportivo Luqueño Tokyo Verdy 1969	239 (108) 024 00(4) 004 00(0) 016 00(9) 057 0(19) 000 00(0) 019 00(2)
National team
1987-1994	Japan	018 00(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Nobuhiro Takeda (武田修宏, Takeda Nobuhiro^?, born May 10, 1967 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan) is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward and known as a superb opportunistic goal-scorer, making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. As of April 2008, He currently works at Nippon Television and belongs to an entertainment agency Horipro as a sportscaster ^[1]

1 Playing career
- 1.1 Club
- 1.2 International
2 Clubs
3 Honors and awards
- 3.1 Team honors
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He joined Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri Club in 1986. When Japan's first-ever professional league J. 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 80's and early 90's. He was transferred to Jubilo 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).

[edit] International

He played 18 times for the Japanese national team between 1987 and 1994. He made his international debut on April 8, 1987 in a 1988 Olympics qualifier against Indonesia at the Tokyo National Olympic Stadium. He scored his sole international goal in the match. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup but he did not play in the tournament.

Under national coach Hans Ooft, Japan reached the AFC final qualifying stage for the 1994 FIFA 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 U.S.A. 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.