Riki Takagi

Riki Takagi
髙木 理己

Personal information
Full name	Riki Takagi
Date of birth	(1978-07-13) 13 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Chiba, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Youth career
Years	Team
1994–1996	Funabashi Municipal High School
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.

Club career

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]

Managerial statistics

As of appointment manager of FC Imabari 27/11/2022.[10]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gainare Tottori	1 February 2019	4 May 2021	75	33	15	27	044.00
FC Imabari	27 November 2022	15 August 2023	21	8	9	4	038.10
Nagano Parceiro	30 August 2023	"Present"	0	0	0	0	!—
Total			96	41	24	31	042.71

References

1. "高木理己コーチ 退任のお知らせ".
2. "高木理己氏 コーチ就任のお知らせ".
3. "ガイナーレ鳥取 高木理己コーチ ヘッドコーチに就任のお知らせ".
4. "高木 理己氏 U-18監督就任のお知らせ".
5. "髙木 理己U-18監督 トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ".
6. "Ｊ３受賞者 ガイナーレ鳥取 髙木 理己：明治安田生命Jリーグ 月間優秀監督賞：明治安田生命Ｊリーグ 月間表彰：Ｊリーグ.jp".
7. "Ｊ３受賞者 ガイナーレ鳥取 髙木 理己：明治安田生命Jリーグ 月間優秀監督賞：明治安田生命Ｊリーグ 月間表彰：Ｊリーグ.jp".
8. "Takagi Dismissed". www.gainare.co.jp. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
9. "Takagi Appointed". www.fcimabari.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
10. "Riki Takagi Official Stats". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

External links

• J. League Profile
• Riki Takagi's profile in the Gainare Tottori's website