Sota Hirayama

Sota Hirayama (平山 相太, Hirayama Sota, born June 6, 1985) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Sota Hirayama
Hirayama playing for FC Tokyo
Personal information
Full name Sota Hirayama
Date of birth (1985-06-06) June 6, 1985
Place of birth Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2003 Kunimi High School
2004–2005 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Heracles Almelo 32 (8)
2006–2016 FC Tokyo 169 (33)
2017 Vegalta Sendai 0 (0)
Total 201 (41)
National team
2003–2005 Japan U-20 8 (3)
2004 Japan U-23 1 (0)
2010 Japan 4 (3)
Honours
FC Tokyo
WinnerJ.League Cup2009
WinnerEmperor's Cup2011
Representing  Japan
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place2004 Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Hirayama was born in Kitakyushu on June 6, 1985. After dropped out from University of Tsukuba, he joined Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo in summer 2005. He played many matches and scored 8 goals. In September 2006, he returned to Japan and signed with J1 League club FC Tokyo. He played many matches and FC Tokyo won the champions in the 2009 J.League Cup. However FC Tokyo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In April 2011, he also broke his leg and he could only play one game. In 2012, the club returned to J1, however he broke his leg again in May and he could hardly play in the match. From 2013 he played many matches as substitute. He moved to Vegalta Sendai in 2017. However he got hurt on the day after the opening game. He could not play for the injury in this season. In January 2018, he announced his retirement after having too many injuries.

In November 2003, when Hirayama was 18 years old, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. He played 4 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2004, he was selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics and played one game. In 2005, he played for U-20 Japan at 2005 World Youth Championship again. He played all 4 matches and score one goal. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. He scored a hat trick to help Japan to a 3–2 victory. It was the first time in 80 years and the second time overall for a Japan player to score three goals on his debut. Takeo Wakabayashi last managed that in 1930. He played 4 games and scored 3 goals for Japan in 2010.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AsiaTotal
2005–06Heracles AlmeloEredivisie31800--318
2006–071000--10
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
2006FC TokyoJ1 League720000-72
20072053220-257
20082423284-358
20092643194-389
20103074461-4012
2011J2 League1000--10
2012J1 League4000101060
20132153130-276
20141932261-276
2015200020-40
2016155212020216
2017Vegalta SendaiJ1 League000000-00
CountryNetherlands 32800--328
Japan 16933201339103023156
Total 20141201339103026364

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201043
Total43

References
  1. Sota Hirayama at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Sota Hirayama at J.League (in Japanese)
  3. Japan National Football Team Database

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