Naohiro Takahara

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Naohiro Takahara
Full name	Naohiro Takahara
Date of birth	June 4, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Mishima, Japan
Height	180 cm
Nickname	Taka
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-present	Júbilo Iwata →Boca Juniors (loan) Hamburger SV Eintracht Frankfurt	105 (58) 6 (1) 97 (13) 22 (10)
National team²
2000-present	Japan	45 (18)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Naohiro Takahara (高原直泰, Takahara Naohiro^?, born June 4, 1979) is a Japanese footballer. Born in Mishima, Shizuoka, he is a striker and currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina and Hamburger SV in Germany. He played for Japan in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney but missed the 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by his home country and South Korea, because of injury. On December 3, 2006, he scored his first hat-trick in the German Bundesliga in a league game against Alemannia Aachen.

Takahara appears to have found his old form (from his Jubilo days) at Eintracht. He is now one of the top scorers in the Bundesliga with 10 goals. He has scored 16 goals in all competitions with Frankfurt, a notable achievement for any east Asian football player. Only Chinese striker Dong Fangzhuo can surpass Takahara, but Dong was in Belgian second division.

1 Trivia
2 National team
3 Honors and awards
- 3.1 Individual Honors
- 3.2 Team Honors
4 Club Career Stats
5 International Goals
6 References

[edit] Trivia

His goals and performances are celebrated by Eintracht supporters by singing to the melody of Gala's Freed from desire. After successful matches Takahara often joins the faithful to jump up and down the same way.
Takahara was the first Japanese to play in the Argentine First Division league[1].

[edit] National team

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2000
J-League MVP: 2002
J-League Top Scorer: 2002
J-League Best Eleven: 2002

[edit] Team Honors

FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1999
Asian Cup Champions: 2000
AFC Champions League Champions: 1999
Asian Super Cup Champions: 1999
J-League Champions: 1999, 2002
DFB-Ligapokal Champions: 2003

[edit] Club Career Stats

Last update: 12 March 2007

Season	Club	Country	Division	League		League Cup		National Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
Season	Club	Country	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1998	Jubilo Iwata	Japan	1	20	5
1999	Jubilo Iwata	Japan	1	21	9
2000	Jubilo Iwata	Japan	1	24	10
2001	Jubilo Iwata	Japan	1	13	8
2001-02	Boca Juniors	Argentina	1	6	1
2002	Jubilo Iwata	Japan	1	27	26
2002-03	Hamburger SV	Germany	1	16	3
2003-04	Hamburger SV	Germany	1	29	2
2004-05	Hamburger SV	Germany	1	31	7
2005-06	Hamburger SV	Germany	1	21	1	-	-	?	1	?	0	?	2
2006-07	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	22	10	-	-	4	4	5	2	30	16

[edit] International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	February 16, 2000	Macau, China	Brunei	9-0	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
2.	February 16, 2000	Macau, China	Brunei	9-0	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
3.	February 20, 2000	Macau, China	Macau	3-0	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
4.	October 14, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	4-1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
5.	October 17, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8-1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
6.	October 17, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8-1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
7.	October 17, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8-1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
8.	October 24, 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	Iraq	4-1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Quarter-Finals
9.	March 27, 2002	Łódź, Poland	Poland	2-0	Won	Friendly
10.	August 20, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Nigeria	3-0	Won	Friendly
11.	August 20, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Nigeria	3-0	Won	Friendly
12.	March 31, 2004	Jalan Besar, Singapore	Singapore	2-1	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
13.	September 7, 2005	Rifu, Japan	Honduras	5-4	Won	Friendly
14.	October 8, 2005	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2-2	Draw	Friendly
15.	February 28, 2006	Dortmund, Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2-2	Draw	Friendly
16.	May 30, 2006	Leverkusen, Germany	Germany	2-2	Draw	Friendly
17.	May 30, 2006	Leverkusen, Germany	Germany	2-2	Draw	Friendly
18.	March 24, 2007	Yokohama, Japan	Peru	2-0	Won	Friendly

[edit] References

Preceded by Toshiya Fujita	J-League Player of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Emerson
Preceded by Will	J-League Top Scorer 2002	Succeeded by Ueslei

	Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki \| 2 Moniwa \| 3 Komano \| 4 Endo \| 5 Miyamoto \| 6 K. Nakata \| 7 H. Nakata \| 8 Ogasawara \| 9 Takahara \| 10 Nakamura \| 11 Maki \| 12 Doi \| 13 Yanagisawa \| 14 Santos \| 15 Fukunishi \| 16 Oguro \| 17 Inamoto \| 18 Ono \| 19 Tsuboi \| 20 Tamada \| 21 Kaji \| 22 Nakazawa \| 23 Kawaguchi \| Coach: Zico

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Eintracht Frankfurt - Current Squad
1 Nikolov \| 2 Ochs \| 4 Preuß \| 5 Vasoski \| 6 Fink \| 7 Köhler \| 8 Streit \| 9 Heller \| 10 Weissenberger \| 11 Thurk \| 13 Jones \| 14 Meier \| 16 Spycher \| 18 Amanatidis \| 19 Takahara \| 21 Pröll \| 22 Reinhard \| 23 Russ \| 27 Kyrgiakos \| 28 Zimmermann \| 29 Chris \| 30 Huggel \| 31 Chaftar \| 32 Toski \| 33 Rehmer

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[edit] Trivia

[edit] National team

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

[edit] Team Honors

[edit] Club Career Stats

[edit] International Goals

[edit] References

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