Yoshiaki Takagi
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yoshiaki Takagi | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Utrecht | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2005 | Azamino FC | ||
2005–2009 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Tokyo Verdy | 43 | (6) |
2011– | FC Utrecht | ||
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Japan U17 | 8 | (1) |
2010 | Japan U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2010 |
Yoshiaki Takagi (高木 善朗, Takagi Yoshiaki, born December 9, 1992) is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for FC Utrecht.[1]
He is noted for being a free-kick specialist[citation needed] and emerging as a regular member at Tokyo Verdy in his debut season at the age of 17.[2] Alongside Arsenal winger Ryo Miyaichi and Gamba Osaka forward Takashi Usami, Takagi is considered part of what has been termed by the Japanese media as the "Platinum Generation."[2]
Family
He comes from a sporting family, with his father Yutaka being a former professional baseball player, notably for Yokohama BayStars, and brother Toshiyuki currently a regular at Shimizu S-Pulse.[2]
Career statistics
Club
Statistics accurate as of match played 25 June 2011[3][4][5]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tokyo Verdy | 2010 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
2011 | 10 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | ||
Total | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 8 | |
FC Utrecht | 2011–12 | ||||||
Total | |||||||
Career total | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 8 |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
International
- As of 29 June 2010
References
- ^ "Yoshiaki Takagi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "Verdy's teenage midfielder Takagi close to Utrecht switch". Mainichi Shimbun. June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "MF 背番号8 高木 善朗". Tokyo Verdy (in Japanese).
- ^ "Jリーグ - 東京ヴェルディ 高木 善朗". Yahoo! Japan sports (in Japanese).
- ^ "Japan - Yoshiaki Takagi - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.
- ^ "U-17日本代表チーム ブルキナファソ遠征(6/13~23)第3試合 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "U-19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征 親善試合第1試合 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 21 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "U-19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征 親善試合第3試合 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "U-19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征 親善試合第4試合 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
External links
- Yoshiaki Takagi – FIFA competition record (archived)