Takafumi Ogura

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Ogura was born in Suzuka on July 6, 1973. After graduating from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1992. In 1993, he moved to Eerste Divisie club Excelsior on loan. He returned Nagoya in 1994. In 1995, the club won Emperor's Cup first major title in club history. At the final, he scored 2 goals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. However he got hurt in 1996. He operated several times and returned, but his opportunities to play decreased. In the early 2000s, he played for JEF United Ichihara (2000), Tokyo Verdy (2001) and Consadole Sapporo (2002). In 2003, he moved to J2 League club Ventforet Kofu. He played as regular player in 2003 and 2004. He retired in 2005.

On May 22, 1994, Ogura debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. On May 29, Ogura scored a goal against France. He also played at 1994 Asian Games. He played 5 games and scored 1 goal for Japan in 1994.

In June 2015, Ogura became an assistant for general manager at Nagoya Grampus. In 2016, he became a manager. However he resigned in August.

## Statistics

|-
|1992||Nagoya Grampus Eight||J1 League||colspan="2"|-||0||0||10||5||10||5

|-
|1993/94||Excelsior||Eerste Divisie||31||14||2||4||colspan="2"|-||33||18

|-
|1994||rowspan="6"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="6"|J1 League||23||5||2||0||1||0||26||5
|-
|1995||37||14||5||5||colspan="2"|-||42||19
|-
|1996||14||1||0||0||4||2||18||3
|-
|1997||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|1998||13||1||2||1||0||0||15||2
|-
|1999||3||0||0||0||4||0||7||0
|-
|2000||JEF United Ichihara||J1 League||24||3||3||1||1||1||28||5
|-
|2001||Tokyo Verdy||J1 League||25||3||3||0||1||0||29||3
|-
|2002||Consadole Sapporo||J1 League||27||7||1||0||6||1||34||8
|-
|2003||rowspan="3"|Ventforet Kofu||rowspan=3|J2 League||27||10||3||1||colspan="2"|-||30||11
|-
|2004||40||6||1||0||colspan="2"|-||41||6
|-
|2005||8||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||8||2
241||52||20||8||27||9||288||69
31||14||2||4||colspan="2"|-||33||18
272||66||22||12||27||9||321||87
|}

|-
|1994||5||1
|-
!Total||5||1
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Takafumi Ogura
- **fullname**: Takafumi Ogura
- **birth place**: Suzuka, Mie, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Mie, Japan
- **position**: Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1989–1991
- **youthclubs1**: Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School
- **years1**: 1992–1999
- **clubs1**: Nagoya Grampus, Nagoya Grampus Eight
- **caps1**: 90
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 1993–1994
- **clubs2**: →SBV Excelsior, Excelsior (loan)
- **caps2**: 31
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2000
- **clubs3**: JEF United Chiba, JEF United Ichihara
- **caps3**: 24
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2001
- **clubs4**: Tokyo Verdy
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2002
- **clubs5**: Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, Consadole Sapporo
- **caps5**: 27
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2003–2005
- **clubs6**: Ventforet Kofu
- **caps6**: 75
- **goals6**: 18
- **totalcaps**: 272
- **totalgoals**: 66
- **nationalyears1**: 1994
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2016
- **managerclubs1**: Nagoya Grampus