Takafumi Hori

Takafumi Hori (堀 孝史, Hori Takafumi, born September 10, 1967) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His brother Naoto Hori is also a footballer.

Not to be confused with entrepreneur Takafumi Horie.
Takafumi Hori
堀 孝史
Personal information
Full name Takafumi Hori
Date of birth (1967-09-10) September 10, 1967
Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985 Kamakura High School
1986–1989 Meiji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Toshiba 41 (9)
1992–1998 Urawa Reds 158 (11)
1999–2001 Shonan Bellmare 95 (7)
Total 294 (27)
Teams managed
2011 Urawa Reds
2017–2018 Urawa Reds
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Hori was born in Atsugi on September 10, 1967. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Toshiba in 1990. He became a regular player as offensive midfielder from first season. He moved to Urawa Reds in 1992. Although he played many matches as defensive midfielder, he was converted to defensive midfielder by new manager Holger Osieck in 1995. He lost opportunity to play in 1998 and he moved to Bellmare Hiratsuka (later Shonan Bellmare) in 1999. He played many matches and supported the club with many young players due to financial strain end of 1998 season. He retired end of 2001 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Hori started a coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2002. He moved to Urawa Reds in 2005. He mainly managed youth team. Top team performance was bad in 2011, and manager Željko Petrović was sacked and Hori named a new manager in October. He managed 5 matches and remained the club stayed J1 League. From 2012, he became a coach under new manager Mihailo Petrović. In July 2017, Petrović was sacked and Hori became a manager again. The club won the champions 2017 AFC Champions League for the first time in 10 years. He was also selected AFC Coach of the Year in 2017.[1] However the club performance was bad in 2018 season, he was sacked in April.[2]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1990/91ToshibaJSL Division 12273120278
1991/921923020242
1992Urawa RedsJ1 League-4072112
19932702050340
19944110020431
199531230-342
199626442100406
19972930082375
199841004081
1999Bellmare HiratsukaJ1 League3031020333
2000Shonan BellmareJ2 League3233000353
20013311020361
Total 2942724344436234

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Urawa Reds 2011 2011 5 2 1 2 040.00
Urawa Reds 2017 2018 19 5 7 7 026.32
Total 24 7 8 9 029.17

Honours

Manager
Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References
  1. afc.com
  2. Urawa Reds(in Japanese)
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)


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