Takuya Takagi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Takuya Takagi | ||
| Date of birth | November 12, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Minamishimabara, Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Osaka University of Commerce | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Fujita Industries | 15 | (3) |
| 1991–1997 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 173 | (62) |
| 1998–1999 | Verdy Kawasaki | 40 | (11) |
| 2000 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 245 | (76) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1997 | Japan | 44 | (27) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Yokohama FC | ||
| 2009 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 2010–2012 | Roasso Kumamoto | ||
| 2013– | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Takuya Takagi (高木 琢也 Takagi Takuya?, born November 12, 1967) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He is currently the manager at V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2 League. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the Cannon of Asia.
He was educated at and played for Kunimi High School and Osaka University of Commerce. After finishing the university in 1990, he joined Japan Soccer League side Fujita Industries (current Shonan Bellmare). He moved to Mazda (current Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in 1991 and was awarded the JSL Young Player of the Year in 1992. His partnarship with Czech Ivan Hašek up front was so successful that Hiroshima won the second stage of J1 League in 1994.
Due to financial difficulties, Hiroshima was forced to release their key players including Takagi in 1998. He moved to Verdy Kawasaki. He was then transferred to J2 League side Consadole Sapporo in 2000 and retired there at the end of the season.
He was capped 44 times and scored 27 goals for the Japanese national team. He made his international debut in a friendly against Argentine on May 31, 1992 at the Tokyo National Olympic Stadium, the first match under Hans Ooft's reign. He scored his first international goal in a Dynasty Cup match against China national football team on August 24, 1992 in Beijing. He became the ace striker for Ooft's Japan national team.
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