is a Japanese former

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player. He played for Japan national team. He was a forward and known as an opportunistic goal-scorer, making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. He currently works at

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and belongs to an entertainment agency

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as a sportscaster.website by Horipro
Takeda is also an influential businessman and player agent in Japanese.

Club career

Takeda was educated at and played for

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. He joined

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side Yomiuri in 1986. When Japan's first professional league

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started in 1993, Yomiuri was transformed to

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for whom he continued to play. His partnership with

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up front was one of the key elements that brought successes to the club in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was transferred to

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for the 1996 season but came back to Verdy (1997), then moved to

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(July 1997-December 1997),

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(1998–1999), again Verdy (2000), Paraguayan side

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(June 2000-December 2000), where he made two appearances for the club under coach Raul Vicente Amarilla, and finished his playing career at Verdy (2001).

National team career

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at the

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. He scored his sole international goal in the match. He was a member of the Japan team that won the

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but he did not play in the tournament. Under national coach

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, Japan reached the 1994 World Cup qualification final stage for the

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. He was on the pitch, after replacing

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in the 81st minute, when Japan's hope to play in the finals in the USA was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the

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Club statistics

National team statistics

Honors and awards

Team honors

(Champions)

Video games

* '' Takeda Nobuhiro no Super Cup Soccer'' - Super Famicom videogame, released November 26, 1993 * ''Takeda Nobuhiro no Ace Striker'' - Game Boy videogame, released February 18, 1994 * ''Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer'' - Super Famicom videogame, released November 25, 1994

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
* 1967 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Tokyo Verdy players Júbilo Iwata players Kyoto Sanga FC players JEF United Chiba players Sportivo Luqueño players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games 1992 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Men's association football forwards Asian Games competitors for Japan Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Association football people from Hamamatsu {{Japan-footy-forward-stub