Nozomi Hiroyama
Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望, Hiroyama Nozomi, born May 6, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Biography
Hiroyama was born in Sodegaura on May 6, 1977. After graduating from Narashino High School, he joined his local club JEF United Ichihara in 1996. He became a regular player from first season. The club won the 2nd place in the 1998 J.League Cup. In 2001, he moved to Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño. From 2002, he played for Sport Recife, Braga and Montpellier. In summer 2004, he returned to Japan and joined Tokyo Verdy. In 2005, he moved to Cerezo Osaka on loan and returned to Verdy in a year. Toward the end of his career, he played for Thespa Kusatsu (2009–2010) and Richmond Kickers (2011–2012). He retired end of 2012 season.
In June 1997, Hiroyama was selected the 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 the Japan national team against Senegal. On October 7, he also played against Nigeria. He played 2 games for Japan in 2001.
Career statistics
Club
| 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 (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 | |
References
Other websites
- Nozomi Hiroyama at FIFA
- Nozomi Hiroyama at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
- Nozomi Hiroyama at National Football Teams.com
- Nozomi Hiroyama at Soccerway.com
- Nozomi Hiroyama at FootballDatabase.eu
- Nozomi Hiroyama at WorldFootball.net
- Nozomi Hiroyama at Transfermarkt (player)
- Nozomi Hiroyama at Transfermarkt (manager)