What is Takashi Shimoda?
{{Infobox football biography |name=Takashi Shimoda |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Takashi Shimoda |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|11|28}} |birth_place=[[Hiroshima]], [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.83}} |position=[[Goalkeeper]] |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=1991–1993|youthclubs1=[[Hiroshima Minami High School]] |years1=1994–2010|clubs1=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]|caps1=331|goals1=0 |totalcaps=331|totalgoals=0 |nationalyears1=1995|nationalteam1=[[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]|nationalcaps1=2|nationalgoals1=0 |nationalyears2=1999|nationalteam2=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps2=1|nationalgoals2=0 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|1994}} {{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|2010}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|1995}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|1996}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|1999}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2007}} {{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{Medal|G|[[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000 Lebanon]]|}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Takashi Shimoda'''|下田 崇|Shimoda Takashi|born November 28, 1975}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]. ==Biography== Shimoda was born in [[Hiroshima]] on November 28, 1975. After graduating from [[Hiroshima Minami High School]], he joined [[J1 League]] club [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] in 1994. He did not play many matches until the mid 1990s, as he was behind [[Kazuya Maekawa]] and [[Kazumasa Kawano]]. Kawano left the club in 1997 and Maekawa was injured in 1998; Shimoda then became a regular goalkeeper in 1998. Although he played as the regular goalkeeper until 2007, he sustained a knee injury that same year. He did not play from 2008 and retired at the end of the 2010 season. In April 1995, Shimoda was selected to the [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20 national te