Hiroshi Hirakawa

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平川弘

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|fullname=Hiroshi Hirakawa

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|1|10}}

|birth_place=Kanagawa, Japan

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|position=Defender, Midfielder

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|youthyears1=1980–1982|youthclubs1=Chigasaki High School

|youthyears2=1983–1986|youthclubs2=Juntendo University

|years1=1987–1994|clubs1=Yokohama Marinos|caps1=110|goals1=4

|years2=1995|clubs2=Yokohama Flügels|caps2=13|goals2=1

|years3=1996|clubs3=Consadole Sapporo|caps3=5|goals3=0

|totalcaps=128|totalgoals=5

|nationalyears1=1985–1992|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=13|nationalgoals1=0

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{{Nihongo|Hiroshi Hirakawa|平川弘|Hirakawa Hiroshi|born January 10, 1965}} is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Hirakawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on January 10, 1965. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1987. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for two consecutive seasons. During the 1990s, the club won the 1990 JSL Cup, 1991 and 1992 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the 1991–92 and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cups. Toward the end of his career, he played for Yokohama Flügels in 1995 and Consadole Sapporo in 1996. He retired in 1996.

National team career

In March 1985, Hirakawa was selected Japan national team for 1986 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on March 21, he debuted against North Korea. After he joined Nissan Motors, he was selected Japan again in 1988 and 1989. In 1992, he also played 1 game for the first time in 3 years. He played 13 games for Japan until 1992.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/hirakawa_hiroshi.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1987/88	rowspan="5"\|Nissan Motors	rowspan="5"\|JSL Division 1	20	1					20	1
1988/89	12	1					12	1
1989/90	14	0			4	0	18	0
1990/91	0	0			0	0	0	0
1991/92	22	0			3	1	25	1
1992	rowspan="3"\|Yokohama Marinos	rowspan="3"\|J1 League	colspan="2"
\|0	0	9	1	9	1
1993	31	2	3	0	5	0	39	2
1994	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1995	Yokohama Flügels	J1 League	13	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|13	1
1996	Consadole Sapporo	Football League	5	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|5	0
colspan=3\|Total !128\|\|5\|\|3\|\|0\|\|21\|\|2\|\|152\|\|7