Takashi Sekizuka

is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Biography
Sekizuka was born in Funabashi on October 26, 1960. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Honda in 1984. In the 1984 season, he was selected "Rookie of the Year award" and Best Eleven. He played 112 games and scored 36 goals in Japan Soccer League. He retired at the end of the 1990–91 season.

After his retirement, Sekizuka became an assistant coach for Kashima Antlers under manager Masakatsu Miyamoto in 1993. In 1995, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse with Miyamoto. In 1996, he returned to Kashima and coached until 2003. In July 1998 and August 1999, he also managed the club as caretaker manager. In 2004, he moved to J2 League club Kawasaki Frontale and became a manager. In his first season, he led the club to the champions and the club was promoted to the J1 League. In April 2008, he resigned for health reasons. In 2009, he returned the club as manager, but he resigned at the end of the 2009 season. In September 2010, he became a manager for the Japan U-23 national team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and an assistant coach for Japan national team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he led Japan to fourth place. From 2013, he managed Júbilo Iwata (2013) and JEF United Chiba (2014-2016).

Statistics
Playing statistics

|-
|1984||rowspan="7"|Honda||rowspan="7"|JSL Division 1||18||11
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|1985–86||22||10
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|1986–87||12||0
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|1987–88||6||0
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|1988–89||18||4
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|1989–90||21||8
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|1990–91||15||1
112||34
112||34
|}

Managerial statistics
J.League Data Site
TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %Kashima Antlers19981998Kashima Antlers19991999Kawasaki Frontale20042008Kawasaki Frontale20092009Júbilo Iwata20132013JEF United Chiba20142016Total

References

Other websites

Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Kashima Antlers managers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Honda FC players