| Kozo Tashima 田嶋 幸三 | |
| Birth Date: | 21 November 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Amakusa District, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Position: | Midfielder, forward |
| Youthyears1: | 1973–1975 |
| Youthclubs1: | Saitama Urawa Minami High School |
| Youthyears2: | 1976–1979 |
| Youthclubs2: | University of Tsukuba |
| Years1: | 1980–1982 |
| Clubs1: | Furukawa Electric |
| Caps1: | 39 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Totalcaps: | 39 |
| Totalgoals: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1979–1980 |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. He also became president of the Japan Football Association.[1]
Tashima was born in Amakusa District, Kumamoto on November 21, 1957. In 1976, he won the Japanese high school championship with his team from Urawa-South high school. After which he then studies sports science at the University of Tsukuba.[2] After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1980. The club won the 2nd place in 1982 JSL Cup. Although he played as a regular player, he retired in 1982. He played 39 games and scored 6 goals in the league.
On June 27, 1979, when Tashima was a University of Tsukuba student, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. He also played in 1980. He played 7 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1980.[3]
Afterwards, he studied from 1983 to 1986 at the German Sport University Cologne and received a B coaching license. As he returned, he was a technical coach for the football club of his alma mater, and taught for several years at Rikkyo University. In 2001, he coached the Japan U-17 national team, to which he led for the first time since 1995 in the first round of the 2001 U-17 World Championship.[4]
In July 2010, Tashima served as vice-president of Japan Football Association (JFA). Since January 2011, he has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee.[5] He has been a FIFA Council member since April 2015.[6] In March 2016, he became president of JFA. In April 2016, he also became president of East Asian Football Federation and served until March 2018.
Tashima was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 17 March 2020.[7]
| Club performance | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | ||||
| 1980 | Furukawa Electric | JSL Division 1 | 14 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 1982 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 6 | |||
| Japan national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |