is a former Japanese football player and manager and football commentator. He played for Japan national team. His son

Kota Mizunuma is a Japanese association football player currently playing for Yokohama F. Marinos and the Japan national team. His father, Takashi, was also a professional footballer. National team career In August 2007, Mizunuma was elected Japan U-17 na ...

is also a footballer.

Club career

Mizunuma was born in Saitama on May 28, 1960. After graduating from

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, he joined

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(later ''Yokohama Marinos'') in 1983. The club won

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and 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan;

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and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. In 1990s, the club won

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and

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. In Asia, the club won 1991–92 and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1995 season, he retired after he played in opening game.

National team career

In August 1979, when Mizunuma was a

student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against

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. This goal is an only goal in Japan team at this championship. In April 1984, Mizunuma was selected Japan national team for 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on April 18, he debuted against

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. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification, 1988 Summer Olympics qualification and 1990 World Cup qualification. He played 32 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 1989.Japan National Football Team Database
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Coaching career

In 2006, Mizunuma became an assistant coach for

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. In August, he became a manager as

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successor and managed the club this season. In 2007, he resigned a manager and returned an assistant coach. He left the club end of 2007 season.

After retirement

Between 1996 and January 2006, he appeared as a pundit on TBS show "Super Soccer" (where he had a guest appearance on the second broadcast, which was a player in activity). He was also in charge of JNN News no Mori's "World Soccer Paradise" section every Monday, and also appeared as a Monday commentator on the daytime variety show "Just". He was a soccer commentator for NBS on

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, and also a personality for "Kickoff !! F. Marinos" on TV Kanagawa until January 2006. He was also in charge of

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"Takashi Mizunuma no Sports Bomber!" between October 2002 and March 2003. Between 2003 and 2005, he coached his juniors as

coach at his alma mater. He also obtained an S-class license in 2004. With a one-year contract from 1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007, he became the coach of

. Along with that, both"Super Soccer" and "Kick-off !! F. Marinos" shows were taken off the air. Furthermore, on 24 August 2006, he was appointed as a coach after

resigned due to poor results. Although his team was prevented from being demoted to J2, he continued to be sluggish due to his inauguration without a concrete strategy, and decided to resign after the Emperor's Cup. In 2007, he became the coach of Yokohama F. Marinos again, but retired in one year. Mizunuma was the first former player from Marinos to become the coach of Yokohama F. Marinos. In February 2008, it was announced that he would be reappointed as coach of the Hosei University Athletic Association Soccer Club. In February 2010, he was a technical advisor to

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. In addition, he wrote soccer commentary on sports channels such as

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, J Sports and wrote a column "Shūkyū 7 Days" every Saturday and Sunday on Yukan Fuji, and wrote "Mizunuma Takashi no Nice Middle!" on NumberWeb. On January 22, 2012, he was elected as the director of Yokohama F. Marinos Old Boys at the

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Memorial Game.

Club statistics

National team statistics

Managerial statistics

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizunuma, Takashi 1960 births Living people Hosei University alumni Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Japanese football managers J1 League managers Yokohama F. Marinos managers Association football midfielders Association football commentators