Megumi Takase

Megumi Takase
高瀬愛実
Personal information
Full name	Megumi Takase
Date of birth	November 10, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Number	11
Youth career
2006–2008	Hokkaido Bunkyo University Meisei High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–	INAC Kobe Leonessa
International career‡
2010–2016	Japan
Medal record
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Megumi Takase (高瀬愛実, Takase Megumi, born November 10, 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the WE League and the Japanese national team.

Club career[edit]

Takase was born in Kitami on November 10, 1990. After graduating from high school, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009. In 2009 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. In 2012, she scored 20 goals in 18 games and became top scorer. she was also selected MVP awards.

International career[edit]

On January 15, 2010, Takase debuted for the Japan national team against Chile. In July, she was selected to play for the Japan U-20 national team at the 2010 U-20 World Cup.^[1] She was a member of Japan's squad for the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Japan won the 2011 World Cup^[2] and got a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a squad member for the 2010 Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments. She played 61 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 2016.

Personal life[edit]

Takase's brother Akira Takase is also a footballer.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 28 January 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2009	Nadeshiko League	19	16	3	1	-		22	17
	2010	Nadeshiko League	18	8	4	3	3	1	25	12
	2011	Nadeshiko League	15	2	4	3	-		19	5
	2012	Nadeshiko League	18	20	4	1	6	2	28	23
	2013	Nadeshiko League	13	6	4	5	9	4	26	15
	2014	Nadeshiko League	28	19	2	1	-		30	20
	2015	Nadeshiko League	16	7	4	3	-		20	10
	2016	Nadeshiko League	18	3	5	1	8	4	31	8
	2017	Nadeshiko League	18	5	2	1	9	1	29	7
	2018	Nadeshiko League	18	6	5	2	9	2	32	10
	2019	Nadeshiko League	18	1	4	2	10	0	32	3
	2020	Nadeshiko League	14	3	3	2	-		17	5
	2021–22	WE League	19	4	1	0	-		20	4
	2022–23	WE League	6	4	4	1	4	0	14	5
Career total			238	104	49	26	58	14	345	145

International[edit]

As of match played 9 March 2016^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2010	12	4
	2011	7	0
	2012	10	1
	2013	6	0
	2014	17	4
	2015	6	0
	2016	3	0
Total		61	9

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Takase goal.

List of international goals scored by Megumi Takase
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 January 2010	Chile	Colombia	3–0	4–2	2010 BICENNTENIAL WOMAN'S CUP
2	11 February 2010	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Chinese Taipei	3–0	3–0	2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
3	8 May 2010	Matsumoto, Japan	Mexico	2–0	4–0	Friendly
4	22 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Thailand	0–1	0–4	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
5	5 March 2012	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	United States	1–0	1–0	2012 Algarve Cup
6	8 May 2014	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendo, Japan	New Zealand	1–0	2–1	Friendly
7	13 September 2014	Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Ghana	1–0	5–0	Friendly
8	13 September 2014	Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Ghana	3–0	5–0	Friendly
9	26 September 2014	Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea	Hong Kong	7–0	9–0	2014 Asian Games

Honours[edit]

INAC Kobe Leonessa

Nadeshiko League: 2011, 2012, 2013
WE League: 2021–22
Empress's Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Nadeshiko League Cup: 2013


Japan

Japan U20

AFC U-19 Women's Championship: 2009

References[edit]

^ FIFA
^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links[edit]

Megumi Takase – FIFA competition record (archived)
Megumi Takase at Soccerway
Megumi Takase at WorldFootball.net
Megumi Takase at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Japan Football Association

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[1] FIFA

[2] "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[3] List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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