Nozomi Hiroyama
Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望, Hiroyama Nozomi, born May 6, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
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| Full name | Nozomi Hiroyama | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 6, 1977 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Japan | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
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 Japanese national team.
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.
South America
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.[1] 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;[2] 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 Tokyo Verdy, helping his team win the 2004 Emperor's Cup, and playing in the 2006 AFC Champions League, but was unable to prevent his side being relegated into J2 that same year. He had a brief spell on loan at Cerezo Osaka in 2005, before moving on to J2 side Thespa Kusatsu in 2009,m having made 79 league appearances and scored 11 goals for Tokyo.
United States
Hiroyama signed with Richmond Kickers of the USL Professional Division on March 16, 2011,[3] and made his debut for his new team on April 9, in a game against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds[4]
On August 17, 2012, Hiroyama announced his retirement from professional football.[5]
National team career
In June 1997, Hiroyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. 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.[6]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | 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 | 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 | |
References
- "Copa Toyota Libertadores: Boca Juniors primer clasificado". CONMEBOL. 2001-03-23. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- "Hiroyama makes history again". UEFA. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4166994
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "17 years". nozomi-web. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- Japan National Football Team Database
External links
- Nozomi Hiroyama – FIFA competition record
- Nozomi Hiroyama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Nozomi Hiroyama at J.League (in Japanese)
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