Nozomi Hiroyama

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Nozomi Hiroyama
廣山 望
Personal information
Full name Nozomi Hiroyama
Date of birth (1977-05-06) May 6, 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995
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)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望, Hiroyama Nozomi, born May 6, 1977) 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 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]

International 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]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
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

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2001 2 0
Total 2 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Copa Toyota Libertadores: Boca Juniors primer clasificado". CONMEBOL. 2001-03-23. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  2. ^ "Hiroyama makes history again". UEFA. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Kickers Sign Japanese Super". 16 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "17 years". nozomi-web. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Japan National Football Team Database

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