After graduating in 1988, he joined theJapan Soccer League team ofYomiuri. He played as a defensive midfielder, then as centre back, partnered withHisashi Kato. When Japan's first professional league, theJ1 League, started,Shimizu S-Pulse was founded in his local city. He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Hasegawa. His position was a right full back. After the end of the inaugural season, he was chosen as a member of the Best Eleven in 1993.
He was transferred toCerezo Osaka in 1998 and came back to Shimizu briefly in 1999 before resigning.
Horiike was capped 58 times and scored 2 goals for theJapan national team between 1986 and 1995.[1] He made his international debut on 1 August 1986 in a friendly againstMalaysia while he was still a university student. He was mainly a right full back for the national team. He was a member of the Japan team that won the1992 Asian Cup and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under national coachHans Ooft, Japan progressed to the Final round at1994 World Cup qualification. Horiike was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as theAgony of Doha.[2]
He is currently working as a soccer commentator on television.
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