Takumi Horiike

Takumi Horiike (堀池 巧, Horiike Takumi, born 6 September 1965) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Takumi Horiike
堀池 巧
Personal information
Full name Takumi Horiike
Date of birth (1965-09-06) 6 September 1965
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1981–1983 Shimizu Higashi High School
1984–1987 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Yomiuri 85 (1)
1992–1999 Shimizu S-Pulse 180 (3)
1998–1999Cerezo Osaka (loan) 23 (0)
Total 288 (4)
National team
1986–1995 Japan 58 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Horiike was educated at, and played for, Shimizu Higashi High School. He won the national high school championship with his teammates, including Katsumi Oenoki and Kenta Hasegawa. He continued his study and football at Juntendo University.

After graduating in 1988, he joined the Japan Soccer League team of Yomiuri. He played as a defensive midfielder, then as centre back, partnered with Hisashi Kato. When Japan's first professional league, the J1 League, started, Shimizu S-Pulse was founded in his local city. He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Hasegawa. His position was a right full back. After the end of the inaugural season, he was chosen as a member of the Best Eleven in 1993.

He was transferred to Cerezo Osaka in 1998 and came back to Shimizu briefly in 1999 before resigning.

National team career

Horiike was capped 58 times and scored 2 goals for the Japanese national team between 1986 and 1995.[1] He made his international debut on 1 August 1986 in a friendly against Malaysia while he was still a university student. He was mainly a right full back for the national team. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under national coach Hans Ooft, Japan progressed to the Final round at 1994 World Cup qualification. Horiike was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.[2]

He is currently working as a soccer commentator on television.

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
1988/89YomiuriJSL Division 11803030240
1989/902204140301
1990/912212120262
1991/922205050320
1992Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League-31111142
19933614010411
19944421010462
199540010-410
199630030160490
19972900060350
1998100090100
1998Cerezo OsakaJ1 League1401100151
199990000090
1999Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League00002020
Total 28742945813749

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198620
1987110
198810
1989111
199060
199120
199270
1993161
199400
199520
Total582

Honors and awards

Individual honors

Team honors

References


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