Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | November 21, 1957 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Amakusa District, Kumamoto, Japan | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
1973–1975 | Saitama Urawa Minami High School | ||||||||||
1976–1979 | University of Tsukuba | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||
1980–1982 | Furukawa Electric | 39 | (6) | ||||||||
Total | 39 | (6) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1979–1980 | Japan | 7 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kozo Tashima (田嶋 幸三, Tashima Kōzō, born November 21, 1957) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. He also became president of the Japan Football Association. [1]
Tashima was born in Amakusa District, Kumamoto on November 21, 1957. In 1976, he won the Japanese high school championship with his team from Urawa-South high school. After which he then studies sports science at the University of Tsukuba. [2] After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1980. The club won the 2nd place in 1982 JSL Cup. Although he played as a regular player, he retired in 1982. He played 39 games and scored 6 goals in the league.
On June 27, 1979, when Tashima was a University of Tsukuba student, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. He also played in 1980. He played 7 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1980. [3]
Afterwards, he studied from 1983 to 1986 at the German Sport University Cologne and received a B coaching license. As he returned, he was a technical coach for the football club of his alma mater, and taught for several years at Rikkyo University. In 2001, he coached the Japan U-17 national team, to which he led for the first time since 1995 in the first round of the 2001 U-17 World Championship. [2] [4]
In July 2010, Tashima served as vice-president of Japan Football Association (JFA). Since January 2011, he has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee. [5] He has been a FIFA Council member since April 2015. [6] In March 2016, he became president of JFA. In April 2016, he also became president of East Asian Football Federation and served until March 2018.
Tashima was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 17 March 2020. [7]
Club performance | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | |||
1980 | Furukawa Electric | JSL Division 1 | 14 | 4 |
1981 | 14 | 1 | ||
1982 | 11 | 1 | ||
Total | 39 | 6 |
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1979 | 4 | 0 |
1980 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 1 |