Nami Otake

Nami Otake
大竹七未
Personal information
Full name	Nami Otake
Date of birth	July 30, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–2001	Nippon TV Beleza
Total
International career
1994–1999	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nami Otake (大竹七未, Ōtake Nami, born July 30, 1974) is a Japanese former football player. She played for the Japan national team. She used her name "大竹奈美" until 2009. Her husband is the former footballer Kento Tsurumaki.

Club career

Otake was born in Machida on July 30, 1974. In 1989, she joined Yomiuri Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza). She was selected for the Young Player Awards in 1989. The club won the L.League championship for four years in a row (1990-1993). She was selected Best Eleven twice (1997 and 1999). She retired in July 2001.

National team career

On August 20, 1994, Otake debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Slovakia. She also played at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games, and the 1995, 1997 and 1999 AFC Championship. She was also in the Japanese squad for the 1995 and 1999 World Cups and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played 46 games and scored 29 goals for Japan up to 1999.^[1]

Personal life

In July 2009, she changed her name from "大竹奈美" to "大竹七未".^[2] She married the footballer Kento Tsurumaki in June 2012.

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	6	3
1995	8	4
1996	7	0
1997	6	6
1998	9	5
1999	10	11
Total	46	29

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 August 1994	Dobšiná, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	4 October 1994	Fukuyama, Japan	South Korea	?–0	5–0	1994 Asian Games
3.	6 October 1994	Fukuyama, Japan	China	1–1	1–1	1994 Asian Games
13.	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	?–0	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
14.				?–0
15.				?–0
16.				?–0
17.				?–0
18.				?–0
19.	3 June 1999	Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	1–0	3–2	Friendly
20.	19 June 1999	San Jose, United States	Canada	1–1	1–1	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
21.	8 November 1999	Iloilo City, Philippines	Thailand	3–0	9–0	1999 AFC Women's Championship
22.				6–0
23.				7–0
24.				8–0
25.	10 November 1999		Uzbekistan	3–1	5–1
26.				4–1
27.				5–1
28.	21 November 1999	Bacolod, Philippines	North Korea	1–3	2–3
29.	21 November 1999	Bacolod, Philippines	North Korea	2–3	2–3