- Takumi Horiike
Football player infobox| playername= Takumi Horiike
fullname = Takumi Horiike
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|9|6
cityofbirth = Shimizu, Shizuoka
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1981-1984
1984-1988
youthclubs =Shimizu Higashi High School Juntendo University
years = 1988-1992
1992-1998
1998-1999
1999
clubs = Yomiuri SCShimizu S-Pulse Cerezo Osaka Shimizu S-Pulse
caps(goals) = 085 00(1)
180 00(3)
023 00(0)
000 00(0)
nationalyears = 1986-1995
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 058 00(2)
manageryears =
managerclubs =nihongo|Takumi Horiike|堀池 巧|Horiike Takumi|bornSeptember 6 ,1965 in Shimizu, Shizuoka is a former Japanese football player. 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 includingKatsumi Oenoki andKenta Hasegawa . He continued his study and football atJuntendo University .After graduating in 1988, he joined
Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri Club (currentTokyo Verdy ). He was played as a defensive midfielder, then a centre back partnered withHisashi Kato .When Japan's first-ever professional league
J. 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 the1993 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. He made his international debut on
August 1 ,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 the1992 AFC Asian Cup and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under national coachHans Ooft , Japan progressed to the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the1994 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 theAgony of Doha .He is currently working as a soccer commentator on television.
Clubs
* 1988-1992: flagicon|Japan Yomiuri SC
* 1992-1998: flagicon|JapanShimizu S-Pulse
* 1998-1999: flagicon|JapanCerezo Osaka
* 1999: flagicon|JapanShimizu S-Pulse Honors and awards
Individual Honors
*
J-League Best Eleven: 1993Team Honors
* (Champions)
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