Nami Otake
大竹 七未
FullnameNami Otake
Birth dateJuly 30, 1974 (age 52)
Birth placeMachida, Tokyo, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
PositionForward
Years 11989–2001
Clubs 1Nippon TV Beleza
Caps 1160
Goals 190
Totalcaps160
Totalgoals90
Nationalyears 11994–1999
Nationalteam 1Japan
Nationalcaps 146
Nationalgoals 129

Nami Otake (大竹 七未, Ōtake Nami, born July 30, 1974) is a Japanese former football player. She played for the Japan national team. She used her name "大竹 奈美" until 2009. Her husband is the former footballer Kento Tsurumaki.

Club career

Otake was born in Machida on July 30, 1974. In 1989, she joined Yomiuri Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza). She was selected for the Young Player Awards in 1989. The club won the L.League championship for four years in a row (1990-1993). She was selected Best Eleven twice (1997 and 1999). She retired in July 2001.

National team career

On August 20, 1994, Otake debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Slovakia. She also played at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games, and the 1995, 1997 and 1999 AFC Championship. She was also in the Japanese squad for the 1995 and 1999 World Cups and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played 46 games and scored 29 goals for Japan up to 1999.[1]

Personal life

In July 2009, she changed her name from "大竹 奈美" to "大竹 七未".[2] She married the footballer Kento Tsurumaki in June 2012.

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199463
199584
199670
199766
199895
19991011
Total4629

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 August 1994Dobšiná, SlovakiaSlovakia2–02–0Friendly
2.4 October 1994Fukuyama, JapanSouth Korea?–05–01994 Asian Games
3.6 October 1994China1–11–1
13.5 December 1997Guangzhou, ChinaGUM?–021–01997 AFC Women's Championship
14.?–0
15.?–0
16.?–0
17.?–0
18.?–0
19.3 June 1999Tokyo, JapanSouth Korea1–03–2Friendly
20.19 June 1999San Jose, United StatesCanada1–11–11999 FIFA Women's World Cup
21.8 November 1999Iloilo City, PhilippinesThailand3–09–01999 AFC Women's Championship
22.6–0
23.7–0
24.8–0
25.10 November 1999Uzbekistan3–15–1
26.4–1
27.5–1
28.21 November 1999Bacolod, PhilippinesNorth Korea1–32–3
29.2–3

References

  1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  2. ^ ameblo.jp/otake-nami Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)