What is Kozo Tashima?
{{Infobox football biography |name=Kozo Tashima |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Kozo Tashima |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|11|21}} |birth_place=[[Amakusa District, Kumamoto|Amakusa District]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height= |position=[[Midfielder]], [[Forward]] |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=1973–1975|youthclubs1=[[Saitama Urawa Minami High School]] |youthyears2=1976–1979|youthclubs2=[[University of Tsukuba]] |years1=1980–1982|clubs1=[[JEF United Chiba|Furukawa Electric]]|caps1=39|goals1=6 |totalcaps=39|totalgoals=6 |nationalyears1=1979–1980|nationalteam1=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps1=7|nationalgoals1=1 |manageryears1=2001|managerclubs1=[[Japan national under-17 football team|Japan U-17]] |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|[[JEF United Chiba|Furukawa Electric]]}} {{Medal|W|[[JSL Cup]]|1982}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Kozo Tashima'''|田嶋 幸三|Tashima Kozo|born November 21, 1957}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]. He is current president of [[Japan Football Association]]. ==Biography== Tashima was born in [[Amakusa District, Kumamoto|Amakusa District]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]] on November 21, 1957. After graduating from [[University of Tsukuba]], he joined [[Japan Soccer League]] club [[JEF United Chiba|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 the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] against [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]. He also played in 1980. He played 7 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1980. Afterwards, Tashima studied from 1983 to 1986 at the [[German Sport University Cologne]] and received a B coaching license. As he returned, he was a technical c