Hidetoki Takahashi

Hidetoki Takahashi (高橋 英辰, Takahashi Hidetoki; April 11, 1916 – February 5, 2000) was a Japanese football player and manager. He managed Japan national team.

Takahashi was born in Fukushima on April 11, 1916. He played for Waseda University. He won 1938 Emperor's Cup with Sei Fuwa, Sekiji Sasano, Kunitaka Sueoka, Shogo Kamo and so on. After graduation from university, he played for Hitachi from 1941 to 1958.

From 1955, Takahashi also started his career as a manager. In 1957, he became manager for Japan national team as Shigemaru Takenokoshi's successor for the tour of China. In 1959, he became manager for Japan U-20 national team for 1959 AFC Youth Championship and won 3rd place. In 1960, he managed the Japan national team as Takenokoshi successor again. He managed the team for the 1962 World Cup qualification and 1962 Asian Games. After that, he managed for Hitachi.

On February 5, 2000, Takahashi died of pneumonia in Meguro, Tokyo at the age of 83. In 2009, he was inducted in Japan Football Hall of Fame.

• Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2009