Naoto Otake

Naoto Otake
大嶽直人
Personal information
Full name	Naoto Otake
Date of birth	18 October 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	FC Osaka (manager)
Youth career
1984–1986	Tokai University Daiichi High School
College career
Years	Team
1987–1990	Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1997	Yokohama Flügels
1998–2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Total
International career
1994	Japan
Managerial career
2010–2012	Iga FC Kunoichi
2018–2021	Iga FC Kunoichi
2022–2023	Kagoshima United
2024–	FC Osaka
Medal record
Yokohama Flügels
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Naoto Otake (大嶽直人, Ōtake Naoto, born October 18, 1968) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He currently manager of J3 League club, FC Osaka. His younger brother Masato was also a footballer.

Club career

Otake was educated at and played for Tokai University Daiichi High School and Juntendo University. After leaving the university, he joined the Japan Soccer League side All Nippon Airways in 1991. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, All Nippon Airways was transformed to Yokohama Flügels for whom he continued to play. The club won 1993 Emperor's Cup their first time in major title. In Asia, the club also won 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. He moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga at the beginning of 1998 season and retired from the game as a Sanga player in 2001.

National team career

He was capped once for the Japan national team when he played in a friendly against Australia on September 27, 1994 at the Tokyo National Stadium.^[1] He was also a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup but did not play in the tournament.

Coaching career

After retirement, Otake started coaching career at Kyoto Purple Sanga (later Kyoto Sanga FC) in 2002. Through Yokohama F. Marinos coach, He signed with L.League club Iga FC Kunoichi in 2010 and became a manager. He managed until 2012. In 2013, he moved to Giravanz Kitakyushu and coached until 2015. He returned to Kyoto Sanga FC in 2016 and coached until 2017. In 2018, he became a manager for Iga FC Kunoichi again.

In 2022, he became a manager for J3 club, Kagoshima United.

On 12 December 2023, Otake announcement officially manager of FC Osaka from 2024 season.^[2]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1990/91	All Nippon Airways	JSL Division 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1991/92	All Nippon Airways	JSL Division 1	21	1			1	0	22	1
1992	Yokohama Flügels	J1 League	-				8	1	8	1
1993			33	0	5	0	0	0	38	0
1994			40	1	2	0	2	0	44	1
1995			39	0	2	0	-		41	0
1996			30	0	2	0	14	0	46	0
1997			24	0	0	0	10	0	34	0
1998	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	31	1	2	0	4	0	37	1
1999			27	0	2	0	3	0	32	0
2000			23	0	1	0	7	0	31	0
2001		J2 League	18	2	0	0	1	0	19	2
Total			287	5	16	0	50	1	353	6

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours and awards

Team honours

1992 Asian Cup (Champions)

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ "大嶽直人氏トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ" (Press release). FC大阪. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

External links

Naoto Otake at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Naoto Otake at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Naoto Otake manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

This biographical article related to a Japanese association football defender born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[JNFTD-1] Japan National Football Team Database

[2] "大嶽直人氏トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ" (Press release). FC大阪. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[1]

[2]