Megumi Takase

Megumi Takase
高瀬愛実
Personal information
Full name	Megumi Takase
Date of birth	November 10, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Number	11
Youth career
2006–2008	Hokkaido Bunkyo University Meisei High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Total
International career
2010–2016	Japan
Medal record
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Megumi Takase (高瀬愛実, Takase Magumi, born November 10, 1990) is a former Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa. She played for Japan national team. Her brother Akira Takase is also footballer.

Club career

Takase was born in Kitami on November 10, 1990. After graduating from high school, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009. In 2009 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. In 2012, she scored 20 goals in 18 games and became top scorer. she was also selected MVP awards.

National team career

On January 15, 2010, Takase debuted for the Japan national team against Chile. In July, she was selected to play for the Japan U-20 national team at the 2010 U-20 World Cup.^[1] She was a member of Japan's squad for the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Japan won the championship at the 2011 World Cup^[2] and won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In Asia, she was also a squad member for the 2010 Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments. She played 61 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2009	19	16	3	1	-		22	17
	2010	18	8	4	3	3	1	25	12
	2011	15	2	4	3	-		19	5
	2012	18	20	4	1	6	2	28	23
	2013					9	4	9	4
	2014
	Total	70	46	15	8	18	7	103	61
	Career total		70	46	17	8	18	7	103	61

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	12	4
2011	7	0
2012	10	1
2013	6	0
2014	17	4
2015	6	0
2016	3	0
Total	61	9

National team Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 Jan 2010	Chile	Colombia	3-0	4-2	2010 BICENNTENIAL WOMAN'S CUP
2.	11 Feb 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Chinese Taipei	3-0	3-0	2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
3.	8 May 2010	Matsumoto, Japan	Mexico	2-0	4-0	Friendly Match
4.	22 May 2010	Chengdu, China	Thailand	0-1	0-4	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
5.	05 Mar 2012	Faro, Portugal	United States	1-0	1-0	2012 Algarve Cup

Honors

Club Team

L.League

Champion (1): 2011

All-Japan Women's Football Championship

Champions (2): 2010, 2011

National Team

FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion (1): 2011

Asian Games

Gold Medal (1): 2010

East Asian Football Championship

Champion (1): 2010

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Champion (1): 2009

References

^ FIFA
^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Megumi Takase – FIFA competition record (archived)
Megumi Takase at Soccerway
Megumi Takase at WorldFootball.net
Megumi Takase at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Japan Football Association

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[1] FIFA

[2] "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[3] List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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