Takafumi Hori

Takafumi Hori
堀孝史
Personal information
Full name	Takafumi Hori
Date of birth	September 10, 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985	Kamakura High School
1986–1989	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1992	Toshiba
1992–1998	Urawa Reds
1999–2001	Shonan Bellmare
Total
Managerial career
2011	Urawa Reds
2017–2018	Urawa Reds
2021–2022	Tokyo Verdy
2023	Vegalta Sendai
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takafumi Hori (堀孝史, Hori Takafumi, born September 10, 1967) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer who was most recently manager of Vegalta Sendai.^[1] His brother Naoto Hori is also a footballer.

Playing career

Hori was born in Atsugi on September 10, 1967. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Toshiba in 1990. He became a regular player as offensive midfielder from first season. He moved to Urawa Reds in 1992. Although he played many matches as defensive midfielder, he was converted to defensive midfielder by new manager Holger Osieck in 1995. He lost opportunity to play in 1998 and he moved to Bellmare Hiratsuka (later Shonan Bellmare) in 1999. He played many matches and supported the club with many young players due to financial strain end of 1998 season. He retired end of 2001 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Hori started a coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2002. He moved to Urawa Reds in 2005. He mainly managed youth team. Top team performance was bad in 2011, and manager Željko Petrović was sacked and Hori named a new manager in October. He managed 5 matches and remained the club stayed J1 League. From 2012, he became a coach under new manager Mihailo Petrović. In July 2017, Petrović was sacked and Hori became a manager again. The club won the champions 2017 AFC Champions League for the first time in 10 years. He was also selected AFC Coach of the Year in 2017.^[2] However the club performance was bad in 2018 season, he was sacked in April.^[3]

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	Toshiba	JSL Division 1	22	7	3	1	2	0	27	8
1991/92	Toshiba	JSL Division 1	19	2	3	0	2	0	24	2
1992	Urawa Reds	J1 League	-		4	0	7	2	11	2
1993			27	0	2	0	5	0	34	0
1994			41	1	0	0	2	0	43	1
1995			31	2	3	0	-		34	2
1996			26	4	4	2	10	0	40	6
1997			29	3	0	0	8	2	37	5
1998			4	1	0	0	4	0	8	1
1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka	J1 League	30	3	1	0	2	0	33	3
2000	Shonan Bellmare	J2 League	32	3	3	0	0	0	35	3
2001	Shonan Bellmare	J2 League	33	1	1	0	2	0	36	1
Total			294	27	24	3	44	4	362	34