Riki Takagi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Riki Takagi | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Chiba, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Funabashi Municipal High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Teikyo University | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Gainare Tottori U-18 | ||
| 2019–2021 | Gainare Tottori | ||
| 2023 | FC Imabari | ||
| 2023-2024 | Nagano Parceiro | ||
Riki Takagi (髙木 理己, Takagi Riki; born July 13, 1978) is a Japanese football manager.
After featuring for both Funabashi Municipal High School and the Teikyo University, Takagi opted to retire and pursue a coaching career from the upcoming year.
Managerial career
He faced a decade as a coach in three different high schools, only to end up at Kyoto Sanga in 2011: under the guide of Takeshi Oki, he worked as an assistant coach from 2011 to 2013.[1]
The year after, he found a new job at Gainare Tottori, where he stayed two years before joining Shonan Bellmare.[2][3] Nevertheless, he stayed just one year in Hiratsuka, since Gainare Tottori offered him a new job at the club, this time as the coach of the U-18 side.[4]
After the dismissal of Daisuke Sudo by the club, Gainare offered Takagi the top team coaching spot, which he accepted for the 2019 season.[5] His work was notable, since he won the "Manager of the Month" Award twice in his rookie season (in July and October 2019).[6][7]
He was dismissed from the head coach of Gainare Tottori on May 4, 2021 [8]
On 27 November 2022, Takagi appointed of manager J3 club, FC Imabari from 2023 replace Kazuaki Hashikawa left the club after end of 2022 season. [9]