Takeshi Okada

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Takeshi Okada
Personal information
Full name Takeshi Okada
Date of birth August 25, 1956 (1956-08-25) (age 51)
Place of birth    Osaka, Japan
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth clubs
1972-1974
1976-1979		 Tennoji High School
Waseda University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1980-1990 Furukawa Electric 189 00(9)   
National team
1980-1985 Japan 024 00(1)
Teams managed
1997-1998
1999-2001
2003-2006
2007-		 Japan
Consadole Sapporo
Yokohama F Marinos
Japan

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Takeshi Okada (岡田 武史 Okada Takeshi, born 25 August 1956 in Osaka, Japan) is a retired Japanese football player and currently a football manager.

He played 24 games and scored one goal for the Japan national football team between 1980 and 1985.

He coached Japan at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, later Consadole Sapporo (1999-2001) and Yokohama F Marinos (2003-2006).

After Ivica Osim suffered a stroke while serving as coach of Japan's national team, Okada was named as the new head coach in December, 2007.

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Preceded by
Flag of Japan Shu Kamo		 Japan national football team Manager
1997-1998		 Succeeded by
Flag of France Philippe Troussier
Preceded by
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Osim		 Japan national football team Manager
2007-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Flag of Japan Masakazu Suzuki		 J. League Manager of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
retained
Preceded by
retained		 J. League Manager of the Year
2004		 Succeeded by
Flag of Japan Akira Nishino
v • d • e
Japan squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Kojima • 2 Narahashi • 3 Soma • 4 Ihara • 5 Omura • 6 Yamaguchi • 7 Ito • 8 Nakata • 9 Nakayama • 10 Nanami • 11 Ono • 12 Lopes • 13 Hattori • 14 Okano • 15 Morishima • 16 Saito • 17 Akita • 18 Jo • 19 Nakanishi • 20 Kawaguchi • 21 Narazaki • 22 Hirano • Coach: Okada
 Flag of Japan
v • d • e
Yokohama F. Marinos – Managers

Shimizu (1993–94) • Solari (1995) • Hayano (1995–96) • Azkargorta (1997–98) • de la Cruz (1999) • Ardiles (2000–01) • Shimojo (2001) • Lazaroni (2001–02) • Shimojo (2002) • Okada (2003–06) • Mizunuma (2006) • Hayano (2007) • Kuwahara (2008–)
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