Nozomi Hiroyama
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | June 6, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Narashino High School | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | JEF United Ichihara | 120 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Cerro Porteño | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Sport Recife | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Braga | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Montpellier | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Tokyo Verdy | 79 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2005 | → Cerezo Osaka (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 |
Thespa Kusatsu | 73 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Richmond Kickers | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 370 | (29) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1997 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Japan | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望, Hiroyama Nozomi, born June 6, 1975) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Hiroyama played over 400 games during his career which included spells in Japan, France, Portugal, Paraguay, Brazil and United States, as well as earning two caps with the Japan national team. Hiroyama was the first Japanese footballer to dispute the Copa Libertadores competition.[2]
Club career
Japan
Hiroyama began his career with his hometown team, JEF United Ichihara, in the Japanese J1 League, helping his team to the final of the J.League Cup in 1998, and making 120 appearances and scoring 20 goals in total in his four years with the team. Whilst Hiroyama was at JEF United, the physical trainer of the team was Paraguayan, who gave good references to him, and then the opportunity was given to Hiroyama to play at Cerro Porteño.[3]
South America
Cerro Porteño
Hiroyama signed for Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño in 2001, and during his time in South America became the first Japanese footballer to play and score in the Copa Libertadores.[4] Hiroyama featured for Cerro Porteño for 1 year and a half.[5] He was coached by Cesar Jacquet.[6]
Hiroyama was one of two foreigners in Cerro Porteño's squad, which included
Hiroyama scored 3 goals in 27 league games for Cerro Porteño.
In the
Hiroyama also played in the 2001 Copa Mercosur, appearing 8 times.[13] He started on 5 occasions in the competition.[13]
Hiroyama was champion with Cerro Porteño in the tournament of 2001.[3]
Sport Recife
He moved to Brazilian side Sport Recife prior to the 2002 season, but never managed to find a way into the team, and left for Europe halfway through the season without making a senior appearance.
Europe
Hiroyama signed for Portuguese team Braga in the winter of 2002, but made just 8 appearances for the team before moving on to French side Montpellier;[14] again, Hiroyama was unable to cement a place in the first team, and returned home to Japan prior to the beginning of the 2004 J1 League season.
Japan
Hiroyama quickly established himself at
United States
Hiroyama signed with
On August 17, 2012, Hiroyama announced his retirement from professional football.[17]
International career
In June 1997, Hiroyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship.[18] He played 4 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Paraguay.
On October 4, 2001, Hiroyama debuted for Japan national team against Senegal. On October 7, he also played against Nigeria. He played 2 games for Japan in 2001.[19]
Coaching career
In 2020, Hiroyama was the second coach of Japan's under-16 national team.[3]
Personal life
In Paraguay, Hiroyama liked
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
JEF United Ichihara | 1996 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | 30 | 2 | |
1997 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | 40 | 4 | ||
1998 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 35 | 9 | ||
1999 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 2 | ||
2000 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | ||
Cerro Porteño | 2001 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 5 | ||||
Sport Recife | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Braga | 2002–03 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
Montpellier | 2003–04 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Tokyo Verdy | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
Cerezo Osaka (loan) | 2005 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
Tokyo Verdy | 2006 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
2007 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 7 | |||
2008 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 21 | 1 | ||
Thespa Kusatsu |
2009 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 3 | ||
2010 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||
Richmond Kickers | 2011 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||
2012 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||
Career total | 370 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 428 | 39 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2001 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c "Ficha Estadistica de Nozomi Hiroyama". www.bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ a b "El inolvidable Hiroyama".
- ^ a b c d e f "Crónica / "AÚN TENGO MI TERMO y MI CAMISETA DE CERRO"". 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Copa Toyota Libertadores: Boca Juniors primer clasificado". CONMEBOL. 2001-03-23. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Nozomi Hiroyama". livefutbol.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Diario HOY | Samuráis en el fútbol paraguayo: De Uchida al pedrojuanino". 26 April 2016.
- ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Cerro Porteño Asunción (2001)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Sport Boys Callao 0-4 Cerro Porteño :: Copa Libertadores 2001 :: Ficha del Partido :: ceroacero.es". www.ceroacero.es. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Cerro Porteño vs Univ de Chile - Copa Libertadores 2001: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos".
- ^ "Cerro Porteño 2-1 Cruz Azul :: Copa Libertadores 2001 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Cruz Azul - Cerro Porteño 3:1 (Copa Libertadores 2001, Round of 16)".
- ^ "Cruz Azul 3-1 Cerro Porteño :: Copa Libertadores 2001 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Nozomi Hiroyama » Partidos de competición oficial » Copa Mercosur".
- ^ "Hiroyama makes history again". UEFA. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Kickers Sign Japanese Super". 16 March 2011.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "17 years". nozomi-web. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Nozomi Hiroyama » Partidos con la selección nacional » Copa Mundial".
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
External links
- Nozomi Hiroyama – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nozomi Hiroyama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Nozomi Hiroyama at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Nozomi Hiroyama at FBref.com
- Nozomi Hiroyama at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Nozomi Hiroyama at WorldFootball.net
- Nozomi Hiroyama at BeSoccer