Héctor Rubén Takayama Tohara (born 5 April 1972) is a

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

vian former

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player who runs a football academy in Lima.

Club career

Japanese Peruvian Japanese Peruvians ( es, peruano-japonés or ''nipo-peruano''; ja, 日系ペルー人, ''Nikkei Perūjin'') are Peruvian citizens of Japanese origin or ancestry. Peru has the second largest ethnic Japanese population in South America after B ...

Takayama was born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

. He played for several clubs in Peru,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. In the Finnish Veikkausliiga, he played 49 times for

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scoring 8 goals. He also played for the Finnish club in the

2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. First round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ...

Sources

Hector Takayama
''Futbol Peruano''
Veikkausliiga statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takayama, Hector 1972 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian people of Japanese descent Association football midfielders Peruvian footballers Sport Boys footballers Unión Huaral footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers Sagan Tosu players FC Jazz players Veikkausliiga players Peruvian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate footballers in Finland