Takumi Horiike

Takumi Horiike

Personal information
Full name	Takumi Horiike
Date of birth	September 6, 1965
Place of birth	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	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)
1998–1999	→Cerezo 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.

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

Career

Club

He 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 Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri (current Tokyo Verdy). He was played as a defensive midfielder, then a centre back partnered with Hisashi Kato.

When Japan's first-ever professional league 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 1993 J-League Team of the Year.

He was transferred to Cerezo Osaka in 1998 and came back to Shimizu briefly in 1999 before hanging up his boots.

International

He 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 AFC Asian Cup and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under national coach Hans Ooft, Japan progressed to the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 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	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1988/89	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	18	0	3	0	3	0	24	0
1989/90			22	0	4	1	4	0	30	1
1990/91			22	1	2	1	2	0	26	2
1991/92			22	0	5	0	5	0	32	0
1992	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	-		3	1	11	1	14	2
1993			36	1	4	0	1	0	41	1
1994			44	2	1	0	1	0	46	2
1995			40	0	1	0	-		41	0
1996			30	0	3	0	16	0	49	0
1997			29	0	0	0	6	0	35	0
1998			1	0	0	0	9	0	10	0
1998	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	14	0	1	1	0	0	15	1
1999			9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1999	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Country	Japan		287	4	29	4	58	1	374	9
Total			287	4	29	4	58	1	374	9

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1986	2	0
1987	11	0
1988	1	0
1989	11	1
1990	6	0
1991	2	0
1992	7	0
1993	16	1
1994	0	0
1995	2	0
Total	58	2

Honors and awards

Individual honors

• J-League Best Eleven: 1993

Team Honors

• 1992 Asian Cup (Champions)

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Japan – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
2. Takumi Horiike – FIFA competition record

External links

• National Football Teams
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Player statistics at J.League Data Site (Japanese)