is a former Japanese football player.

Club career

Teshima was born in

Iizuka is a city located at the confluence of the Honami and Onga rivers in central Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on January 20, 1932. History Iizuka was an important post-station on the Nagasaki Kaidō during the Edo Era. As Jap ...

on June 7, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined

Yokohama Flügels was a Japanese football club that played in the J.League between 1993 and 1998. The club was an original member ("Original Ten") of the J.League in 1993. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two te ...

in 1998. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to

Kyoto Purple Sanga is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist templ ...

(later ''Kyoto Sanga FC'') with contemporaries

Yasuhito Endo , was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of Japan, he was the patron of several ...

Shigeki Tsujimoto is a former Japanese football player. Club career Tsujimoto was born in Suita on 23 June 1979. After graduating from Kindai University High School, he joined Yokohama Flügels in 1998. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to ...

and so on in 1999. He played many matches as center back. The club won the champions

2002 Emperor's Cup The 82nd Emperor's Cup Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 2002 season. Overview It was contested by 80 teams, and Kyoto Purple Sanga won the cup. Results 1st Round *West Kagawa High School 0–1 Kokushikan University * YSCC 1–7 Otsuka Pharmac ...

. In 2006, he moved to big club

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Gamba'' comes from the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to s ...

. However he could not play in the match and returned to Kyoto in April 2006. In 2009, he lost his opportunity to play and retired end of 2009 season.

National team career

In April 1999, Teshima was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full time in all 7 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. He played as center back on three backs defense with

and Koji Nakata.

Club statistics

Honors and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

runner-up:

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* * 1979 births Living people People from Iizuka, Fukuoka Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Yokohama Flügels players Kyoto Sanga FC players Gamba Osaka players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub