![]() ![]() However, this fell apart when Tatsumi had a serious leg injury during his Premier League debut. Kasano's plan with Tatsumi's transfer was for the latter to be ETU's shining light overseas with his play, while Kasano would focus on rebuilding the team. This led to resentment from Tatsumi's teammates, from ETU's supporters, and especially from then-President Tsugawa, who branded Tatsumi as a traitor to the press. Kasano also felt that this issue would eventually negatively affect Tatsumi's play. However, Kasano convinced Tatsumi to accept the Premier League club's offer, as he felt that the club became too Tatsumi-dependent on and off the field and stopped growing. Shortly after, as Kasano told Tatsumi about receiving an official transfer offer from a Premier League club for him, Tatsumi replied that he wanted to change his current mindset to help ETU. This led to internal conflict within the locker room, as Tatsumi's backup Fukasaku complained that the club cared more about showcasing Tatsumi than about winning matches, which made Tatsumi pensive. While then-President Tsugawa's request was followed through by then-Head Coach Komada, ETU still lost the match. This led the team to be in a slump and to have 1W-4L in their last 5 matches.įor ETU's last league match before the summer break, ETU's then-President Tsugawa requested to then-Head Coach Komada to insert Tatsumi in the last 15 minutes of the match, since he was looking to attract new fans to Sumidagawara Stadium. However, Tatsumi sustained injuries to his right ankle and his left knee during the match, forcing him to withdraw from Japan's National Team and miss ETU's training for a month. ![]() This allowed him to shake his marks and score 2 goals for a reversal, giving ETU the win.įollowing the Tokyo Derby, Japan's then-manager Veldhoven selected Tatsumi to be the team's ace for a friendly match. At one time during the season, then-President Tsugawa landed a major commercial for Tatsumi and challenged the latter to score more goals than Tokyo Victory and Japan's then-ace Narita at the upcoming Tokyo Derby.ĭuring the Tokyo Derby, after being heavily marked in the 1st half and with ETU being down a goal, Tatsumi decided to be a deep-lying playmaker and let his teammates be higher up the pitch. As such, his daily schedule was filled with publicity activities by ETU's then-President Tsugawa. In his last season with ETU, 10 years before coming back as their head coach, Tatsumi was a star player for both the club and for Japan's National Team. ![]() He made his pro debut for ETU with the #24 jersey. His position was as a forward and as a left midfielder.ĭuring his playing career, Tatsumi was recruited to East Tokyo United by then-Sporting Director Kasano. During the 2006 World Cup he scored his only goal in The World Cup against Brazil at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, and he became a hero. He is also a 2-time World Cup veteran, playing at the 2002 cup in Japan and South Korea and in 2006 in Germany for Japan. When he joined Japan's National Team, he immediately became a mainstay in the starting XI and was Japan's Plan B for playmaking whenever Japan's then-ace Narita was shut down by the opposing team. Tatsumi is viewed as the greatest player to ever play for ETU. During his final season with FC Eastham, he managed to lead them to the 4th round of the FA Cup, losing to Premier League club FC Portsmouth due to a controversial goal despite being clearly offside. Takeshi Tatsumi is a Japanese former soccer player and the current coach for East Tokyo United.īefore being recruited by Kosei Goto to coach ETU, Tatsumi spent the past 3 seasons as the Manager for FC Eastham, an English Division 5 amateur club. ![]()
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