Yoshinori Taguchi

is a former Japanese football player.

Biography
Taguchi was born in Saitama on September 14, 1965. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Japan Soccer League club All Nippon Airways (later Yokohama Flügels) in 1989. He became a regular player as center back from first season. However he was suspended for seven months from October 1991 due to violence against referee. In 1993, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. However he could not become regular player due to injury before opening season. In 1994, he moved to his local club Urawa Reds and became a regular player. However he was suspended for four months from September 1995 due to violence against supporter after a match. From 1997, he could hardly play in the match in two seasons for injury. Although he came back on October 3, 1998, he receiving a red card. This match became his last match. He retired end of 1998 season.

In 1988, when Taguchi was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected the Japan national "B team" for 1988 Asian Cup. At this competition, he played 3 games. However, Japan Football Association don't count as Japan national team match because this Japan team was "B team" not "top team".

After retirement, Taguchi became a manager for Nadeshiko League club Urawa Reinas (later Saitama Reinas) in 2001. In 2004, the club won the champions Nadeshiko League and the 2nd place Empress's Cup. He resigned end of 2004 season.

Statistics

|-
|1989/90||rowspan="3"|All Nippon Airways||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||20||1||4||0||3||0||27||1
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|1990/91||18||1||2||1||4||0||24||1
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|1991/92||5||0||0||0||1||0||6||0
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|1992||Yokohama Flügels||J1 League||colspan="2"|-||1||0||0||0||1||0
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|1993||Sanfrecce Hiroshima||J1 League||6||0||0||0||0||0||6||0
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|1994||rowspan="5"|Urawa Reds||rowspan="5"|J1 League||29||1||2||0||2||0||33||1
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|1995||36||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||36||4
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|1996||24||1||4||1||13||1||41||3
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|1997||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|1998||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
139||8||13||2||23||1||175||11
139||8||13||2||23||1||175||11
|}

References

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Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Saitama Prefecture
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Yokohama Flügels players
Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players
Category:1988 AFC Asian Cup players