Sōta Hirayama

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Template:Nihongo is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

As a teenager, Hirayama attended Kunimi High School in Nagasaki Prefecture. There, he won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament in all years bar 2002. He is the tournament's top scorer, with 17 goals scored between 2001 and 2003, with his school participating in all three years of his high school days. After graduation in 2004, he enrolled at University of Tsukuba.

In July 2005, Hirayama joined the Eredivisie club Feyenoord on trial and a week later, he joined another Dutch side, the newly promoted Heracles Almelo. He made his professional debut with Heracles on 20 August 2005 against ADO Den Haag, playing 15 minutes and scoring 2 goals.<ref> Template:Cite news</ref> He finished the 2005–2006 season with 31 appearances and 8 goals. Although both Japan's senior side manager Zico and Japan Football Association chairman Saburo Kawabuchi praised Hirayama's progress with Heracles, he was not called up to Japan's squad for the 2006 World Cup. On 4 September 2006, after the transfer period ended Heracles Almelo announced that Hirayama left the club by mutual consent and after being released he returned to Japan to finish his study.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Only a few days later he signed a contract with FC Tokyo without informing Heracles as a free agent, while he still had a contract until 2008 before his release. Heracles appealed to this unexpected move by Hirayama.<ref> Template:Cite news</ref>

Hirayama debuted in J1 League on 30 September 2006. After debut, his opportunity to play increased and he became a regular player from 2009. At 2009 J.League Cup, he scored a goal at Final and the club won the champions. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of 2010 season. In April 2011, he also broke his leg and he could only play one game. In 2012, the club returned to J1 League, however in May, he broke his leg again 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 for many injuries.

International career

In 2003, Hirayama played for Japan U-20 national team in the 2003 World Youth Championship as a 17-year-old and scored two goals, including the game winner against Egypt to put Japan through to the knockout stage. In 2004, he played for Japan U-23 national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the following year, played in his second 2005 World Youth Championship.

His debut for the senior team came on 6 January 2010 in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification against Yemen, and would be a game he would never forget. After 30 minutes, Japan were down 2–0, but Hirayama 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.<ref>Japan rally past Yemen, qualify for 2011 Asian Cup</ref> He also played at 2010 East Asian Football Championship in February. He played 4 games and scored 3 goals for Japan in 2010.<ref name="JNFTD">Japan National Football Team Database</ref>

Club statistics

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Club Season League Cup League Cup UEFA Other* Total
!Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kunimi H.S. 2001 - 2 1 - - - 2 1
2002 - 3 3 - - - 3 3
Total - 5 4 - - - 5 4
Heracles Almelo 2005/06 31 8 0 0 - - 2 0 33 8
2006/07 1 0 0 0 - - - 1 0
Total 32 8 0 0 - - 2 0 34 8
FC Tokyo 2006 7 2 0 0 0 0 - - 7 2
2007 20 5 3 2 2 0 - - 25 7
2008 24 2 3 2 8 4 - - 35 8
2009 26 4 3 1 9 4 - - 38 9
2010 29 7 3 3 6 1 - 1 1 39 12
2011 1 0 0 0 - - - 1 0
2012 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 0
2013 21 5 3 1 3 0 - - 27 6
2014 19 3 2 2 6 1 - - 27 6
2015 2 0 0 0 2 0 - - 4 0
2016 15 5 2 1 2 0 2 0 - 21 6
Total 168 33 19 12 39 10 3 0 1 1 230 56
Vegalta Sendai 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Career total 200 41 24 16 39 10 3 0 3 1 269 68

*Includes other competitive competitions, including the UEFA Intertoto Cup Play-offs and Suruga Bank Championship.

Career statistics

International

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Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2010 4 3
Total 4 3

National team goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-20

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 2–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
2. 23 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 2–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
3. 23 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 3–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
4. 23 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 5–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
5. 23 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 6–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
6. 23 October 2003 Sendai Stadium, Sendai Template:Fb 7–0 7–0 AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
7. 5 December 2003 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Template:Fb 1–0 1–0 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
8. 12 December 2003 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Template:Fb 1–4 1–5 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
9. 25 September 2004 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Template:Fb 2–0 3–0 2004 AFC Youth Championship
10. 6 October 2004 Cheras Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Template:Fb 2–2 2–2 2004 AFC Youth Championship
11. 10 June 2005 Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade Template:Fb 1–2 1–2 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Under-23

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 February 2004 Saitama Stadium, Saitama Template:Fb 1–0 1–1 Friendly Match (2004 Kirin Challenge Cup)
2. 30 July 2004 National Stadium, Tokyo Template:Fb 2–0 4–0 Friendly Match (2004 Kirin Challenge Cup)
3. 3 December 2006 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Template:Fb 1–0 1–0 2006 Asian Games

Senior team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 January 2010 Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a Template:Fb 1–2 3–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2. 6 January 2010 Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a Template:Fb 2–2 3–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3. 6 January 2010 Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a Template:Fb 3–2 3–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Awards and honours

Club

FC Tokyo
2009
2010
2011
2011

References

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