Jorge Hirano

{{Short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1956)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Hirano|Matsumoto|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Jorge Hirano

| fullname = Jorge Hirano Matsumoto

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Huaral, Peru

| height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = 1977 | years2 = 1978–1979 | years3 = 1980–1981 | years4 = 1982 | years5 = 1983–1985 | years6 = 1986–1993 | years7 = 1993 | years8 =1994

| clubs1 = Unión Huaral | clubs2 = Juventud La Palma | clubs3 = Fujita Kogyo | clubs4 = Unión Huaral | clubs5 = Sporting Cristal | clubs6 = Bolívar | clubs7 = Deportivo Sipesa | clubs8 =Sport Boys

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 4 | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = 208 | goals6 = 124 | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1 | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1= 1984–1991

| nationalteam1= Peru[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html Peru - Record International Players] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202151750/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html |date=2009-02-02 }}

| nationalcaps1= 36 | nationalgoals1 = 11

}}

Jorge Hirano Matsumoto (born 16 August 1956 in Huaral) is a former Japanese Peruvian football player.

Club career

Hirano didn't have the looks of a prolific goal scorer nonetheless of a forward but he compensated his slight figure with extraordinary speed.

If he was cheered with La Celeste of Sporting Cristal, he was idolized across of the Cordillera with another Celeste: the one of Club Bolivar of La Paz, where he played eight years and scored 139 goals.

International career

Hirano played a total of 36 games for Peru between 1984 and 1991, scoring 11 goals.

Honors

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1991BolívarLiga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano top scorer: 19 goals

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