{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Teizo Takeuchi<br/>竹内 悌三 |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Teizo Takeuchi |birth_date={{Birth date|1908|11|6|df=y}} |birth_place=Tokyo, Empire of Japan |death_date={{Death date and age|1946|4|12|1908|11|6|df=y}} |death_place=Amur Oblast, Soviet Union |height={{Height|m=1.70}} |position=Defender |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=1928–1931|youthclubs1=Tokyo Imperial University |years1=|clubs1=Tokyo Imperial University LB|caps1=|goals1= |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=1930–1936|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=4|nationalgoals1=0 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= }} {{Nihongo|'''Teizo Takeuchi'''|竹内 悌三|Takeuchi Teizō|6 November 1908 – 12 April 1946}} was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Lighting designer Motoko Ishii is his daughter.
==Club career== Takeuchi was born in Tokyo on 6 November 1908. He played for Tokyo Imperial University LB was consisted of his alma mater Tokyo Imperial University players and graduates.
==National team career== {| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; width: 200px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px" |- |<div style="position: relative;"> 200px {{Image label|x=0.45|y=1.40|scale=200|text=Sano}} {{Image label|x=0.72|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Horie}} {{Image label|x=0.47|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Oita}} {{Image label|x=0.12|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Takeuchi}} {{Image label|x=0.55|y=0.90|scale=200|text=Tatsuhara}} {{Image label|x=0.30|y=0.90|scale=200|text=Kim}} {{Image label|x=0.60|y=0.60|scale=200|text=Ukon}} {{Image label|x=0.25|y=0.60|scale=200|text=T. Kamo}} {{Image label|x=0.70|y=0.40|scale=200|text=Matsunaga}} {{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.40|scale=200|text=Kawamoto}} {{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.40|scale=200|text=S. Kamo}} </div> |- |'''Miracle of Berlin''' (1936 Olympics 1st round v Sweden on 4 August) |} In May 1930, when Takeuchi was a Tokyo Imperial University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo and Japan won the championship. At this competition, on 25 May, he debuted against Philippines. In 1936, he was selected Japan for 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and he played 2 games as Japan team captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26209 |title=Teizo Takeuchi |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> Japan completed a come-from-behind victory first game against Sweden. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He played 4 games for Japan until 1936.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/takeuchi_teizo.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
==Death== In 1944, Takeuchi served in the military for World War II and was detained in the Soviet Union following the war (Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union). On 12 April 1946, he died in a detention camp; the 20th POW camp in Siberia at the age of 37.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Footballjapan.jp|title=竹内悌三 (Teizo Takeuchi)|url=http://archive.footballjapan.jp/user/scripts/user/person.php?person_id=31|language=Japanese|accessdate=5 October 2010}}</ref> In 2006, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
==National team statistics== <ref name="JNFTD"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Japan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1930||2||0 |- |1931||0||0 |- |1932||0||0 |- |1933||0||0 |- |1934||0||0 |- |1935||0||0 |- |1936||2||0 |- !Total||4||0 |}
== Honours == *Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2006<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/TAKEUCHI_Teizo.html|title= TAKEUCHI Teizo|access-date= April 22, 2024|work= Japan Football Association}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|292076}} * {{NFT|50132<!-- /Teizo_Takeuchi -->}} * [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/takeuchi_teizo.html Japan National Football Team Database] *[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/TAKEUCHI_Teizo.html Japan Football Hall of Fame] at Japan Football Association *[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/team01.html Japan Football Hall of Fame] (Japan team at 1936 Olympics) at Japan Football Association
{{Japan football squad 1936 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Teizo}} Category:1908 births Category:1946 deaths Category:University of Tokyo alumni Category:Football people from Tokyo Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:Japan men's international footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Japan Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Japanese military personnel of World War II Category:Japanese people who died in prison custody Category:Prisoners who died in Soviet detention Category:Siberian internees Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen