Takeshi Koshida

Takeshi Koshida
越田剛史
Personal information
Full name	Takeshi Koshida
Date of birth	October 19, 1960
Place of birth	Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1976–1978	Kanazawa Sakuragaoka High School
1979–1982	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
National team
Nissan Motors
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Takeshi Koshida (越田剛史, Koshida Takeshi, born October 19, 1960) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Koshida was born in Kanazawa on October 19, 1960. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Nissan Motors in 1983. The club won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. In 1988-89 season, although the club won JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup, he left the club later in the season. In 1990, he returned his local and joined Japanese Regional Leagues club Kanazawa SC. He retired in 1996.

In August 1979, when Koshida was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship and played 3 matches. In December 1980, he was selected Japan national team for 1982 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on December 22, he debuted against Singapore. He played at 1982 Asian Games, 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and 1986 World Cup qualification. He played 19 games for Japan until 1985.[1]

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