Riki Takagi (髙木 理己, Takagi Riki, born July 13, 1978) is a Japanese football manager. He currently manager of AC Nagano Parceiro.

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.

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