Naohiro Takahara

Naohiro Takahara is a Japanese footballer & manager, born on 4 June 1979 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. Takahara played as a forward for Júbilo Iwata and Hamburger SV. Takahara scored 205 goals in 671 games for club and country and won 13 trophies, including the AFC Champions League and 5 league titles.

Takahara's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions614182
Japan5723
Total671205

Goals per game: 0.31.

Takahara's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 13
  • League titles: 5
  • Domestic cups: 4
  • AFC Champions League: 1
  • Other international club trophies: 1
  • Trophies with Japan: 1
  • Individual awards: 7

Júbilo Iwata

  • AFC Champions League: 1 (1998–99)
  • Asian Super Cup: 1 (1999)
  • J.League Division 1: 2 (1999, 2002)
  • J.League Cup: 1 (1998)
  • Japanese Super Cup: 1 (2000)

Hamburger SV

  • DFB-Ligapokal: 1 (2003)
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1 (2005)
  • Kyushu Soccer League: 3 (2019, 2021, 2022)

Japan U17

  • AFC U-17 Championship: 1 (1994)

Japan

  • AFC Asian Cup: 1 (2000)

Individual

  • AFC U-19 Championship top scorer: 1 (1998)
  • AFC Asian Cup Best Eleven: 1 (2000)
  • Selected to AFC All Star Team: 1 (2000)
  • J.League Most Valuable Player: 1 (2002)
  • J.League Top Scorer: 1 (2002)
  • J.League Best XI: 1 (2002)
  • AFC Asian Cup top scorer: 1 (2007)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1998–2002: Júbilo Iwata, 105 games, 58 goals
  2. 2001: Boca Juniors (loan), 6 games, 1 goal
  3. 2002–2006: Hamburger SV, 97 games, 13 goals
  4. 2006–2008: Eintracht Frankfurt, 38 games, 12 goals
  5. 2008–2010: Urawa Reds, 63 games, 10 goals
  6. 2010: Suwon Samsung Bluewings (loan), 12 games, 4 goals
  7. 2011–2012: Shimizu S-Pulse, 46 games, 9 goals
  8. 2013–2014: Tokyo Verdy, 41 games, 11 goals
  9. 2014–2015: SC Sagamihara, 54 games, 11 goals
  10. 2016–2023: Okinawa SV, 62 games, 30 goals

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