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 is current president of the Japan Football Association.[1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||
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| Full name | Kozo Tashima | |||||||||
| Date of birth | (1957-11-21) November 21, 1957 (age 64) | |||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Japan | 7 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||
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 |
Members of the FIFA Council | |
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| President | Gianni Infantino |
| Senior Vice-President | |
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