Kazumi Takada

was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Takada was born in Shizuoka on June 28, 1951. After dropped out of Nihon University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1971. The club won 1971 Emperor's Cup, 1973 Japan Soccer League and 1973 Emperor's Cup. In 1978, the club won all three major titles in Japan: Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1979. He played 128 games and scored 25 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1972 and 1973.

In December 1970, when Takada was a Nihon University student, he was selected the Japan national team for 1970 Asian Games. At this competition, on December 12, he debuted against Khmer. He also played at 1974 World Cup qualification. He played 16 games for Japan until 1975.

On October 1, 2009, Takada died of pancreatic cancer in Suginami, Tokyo at the age of 58.

Statistics

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|1971||rowspan="9"|Mitsubishi Motors||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||9||2

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|1972||14||2

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|1973||18||4

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|1974||18||3

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|1975||17||5

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|1976||18||2

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|1977||17||4

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|1978||8||3

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|1979||9||0

128||25

128||25

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|1970||4||0

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|1971||0||0

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|1972||5||0

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|1973||3||0

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|1974||0||0

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|1975||4||0

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!Total||16||0

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References

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1951 births

2009 deaths

Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture

Japan international footballers

Japan Soccer League players

Urawa Red Diamonds players