- Takeshi Watanabe at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Takeshi Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Takeshi Watanabe | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 10, 1972 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Fujieda Higashi High School | ||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Chuo University | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1995–2004 | Kashiwa Reysol | 281 | (17) | ||||||||
| Total | 281 | (17) | |||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Japan | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Takeshi Watanabe (渡辺 毅, Watanabe Takeshi, born September 10, 1972) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Watanabe was born in Fujieda on September 10, 1972. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Kashiwa Reysol in 1995. He played as regular player from first season. The club won the champions at 1999 J.League Cup. At the Final, he scored a tie goal in the 89th minute and he was selected MVP. The club also won the 3rd place in 1999 and 2000 J1 League. He retired end of 2004 season.
On August 13, 1997, Watanabe debuted for Japan national team against Brazil.[1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1995 | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 League | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 47 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 44 | 5 | ||
| 1997 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 1998 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 1999 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2000 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2001 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2002 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2003 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 281 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 355 | 22 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |