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Sōta Hirayama

{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Sota Hirayama
平山 相太

|image=Sota Hirayama - top.jpg

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|caption=Hirayama in 2010

|fullname=Sota Hirayama

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|6|6}}

|birth_place=Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

|death_date=

|death_place=

|height={{Height|m=1.90}}

|position=Forward

|currentclub=

|clubnumber=

|youthyears1=2001–2003|youthclubs1=Kunimi High School

|collegeyears1=2004–2005|college1=University of Tsukuba

|years1=2005–2006|clubs1=Heracles Almelo|caps1=32|goals1=8

|years2=2006–2016|clubs2=FC Tokyo|caps2=169|goals2=33

|years3=2017|clubs3=Vegalta Sendai|caps3=0|goals3=0

|totalcaps=201|totalgoals=41

|nationalyears1=2003–2005|nationalteam1=Japan U-20|nationalcaps1=8|nationalgoals1=3

|nationalyears2=2004|nationalteam2=Japan U-23|nationalcaps2=1|nationalgoals2=0

|nationalyears3=2010|nationalteam3=Japan|nationalcaps3=4|nationalgoals3=3

|manageryears1=|managerclubs1=

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Team|FC Tokyo}}

{{Medal|W|J.League Cup|2009}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2011}}

{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|AFC U-19 Championship}}

{{Medal|B|2004 Malaysia|}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Sota Hirayama|平山 相太|Hirayama Sōta|born 6 June 1985}} 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.

{{cite news |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=187812&cc=5901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525132021/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=187812&cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2011 |title=ADO Den Haag 1–2 SC Heracles Almelo |publisher=ESPNsoccernet |date=20 August 2005 |accessdate=20 July 2006}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.heracles.nl/b9032c59-1854-4285-a3a2-b1c0446f321f.aspx?newsId=1945 |title=Sota Hirayama verlaat Heracles Almelo |publisher=HeraclesAlmelo.nl |date=4 September 2006 |access-date=4 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224008/http://www.heracles.nl/b9032c59-1854-4285-a3a2-b1c0446f321f.aspx?newsId=1945 |archive-date=27 September 2007}} 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.

{{cite news |url=http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2006/09/art000001C6D0EF6C0D834D.html |title=Hirayama nog niet van Heracles af |publisher=NOS.nl |date=12 September 2006 |access-date=12 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210106/http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2006/09/art000001C6D0EF6C0D834D.html |archive-date=30 September 2007}}

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.[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2010/8.html Japan rally past Yemen, qualify for 2011 Asian Cup] He also played at 2010 East Asian Football Championship in February. He played 4 games and scored 3 goals for Japan in 2010.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/hirayama_sota.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Club statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 97 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2016J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411335/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N6B11BBGDQ32GYF7MWJ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 35 out of 289)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|UEFA

!colspan="2"|Other*

!colspan="2"|Total

!AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Kunimi H.S.

|2001

|colspan="2"

|21colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|21
2002

|colspan="2"

|33colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|33
colspan="1"|Total

!colspan="2"

|54colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|54
rowspan="3"|Heracles Almelo

|2005/06

|31

800colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|20338
2006/07

|1

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|10
colspan="1"|Total

!32||8||0||0||colspan="2"

|colspan="2"
|20348
rowspan="12"|FC Tokyo

|2006

|7

20000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|72
2007

|20

53220colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|257
2008

|24

23284colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|358
2009

|26

43194colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|389
2010

|29

73361colspan="2"
|113912
2011

|1

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|10
2012

|4

0001010colspan="2"
|60
2013

|21

53130colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|276
2014

|19

32261colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|276
2015

|2

00020colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|40
2016

|15

5212020colspan="2"
|216
colspan="1"|Total

!168||33||19||12||39||10||3||0||1||1||230||56

rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai

|2017

|0

00000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|00
colspan="1"|Total

!0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"

|colspan="2"
|00
colspan="2"|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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Japan national team

YearAppsGoals
201043
Total||4||3

=National team goals=

:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

==Under-20==

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.19 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|TPE}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
2.23 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|MAC}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
3.23 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|MAC}}align="center"| 3–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
4.23 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|MAC}}align="center"| 5–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
5.23 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|MAC}}align="center"| 6–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
6.23 October 2003Sendai Stadium, Sendai{{fb|MAC}}align="center"| 7–0align="center"| 7–0AFC Youth Championship 2004 qualification
7.5 December 2003Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai{{fb|EGY}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 1–02003 FIFA World Youth Championship
8.12 December 2003Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai{{fb|BRA}}align="center"| 1–4align="center"| 1–52003 FIFA World Youth Championship
9.25 September 2004Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru{{fb|NEP}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 3–02004 AFC Youth Championship
10.6 October 2004Cheras Stadium, Kuala Lumpur{{fb|KOR}}align="center"| 2–2align="center"| 2–22004 AFC Youth Championship
11.10 June 2005Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade{{fb|NED}}align="center"| 1–2align="center"| 1–22005 FIFA World Youth Championship

==Under-23==

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.8 February 2004Saitama Stadium, Saitama{{fb|IRN}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 1–1Friendly Match (2004 Kirin Challenge Cup)
2.30 July 2004National Stadium, Tokyo{{fb|VEN}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 4–0Friendly Match (2004 Kirin Challenge Cup)
3.3 December 2006Qatar SC Stadium, Doha{{fb|SYR}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 1–02006 Asian Games

==Senior team==

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.6 January 2010Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a{{fb|YEM}}align="center"| 1–2align="center"| 3–22011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.6 January 2010Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a{{fb|YEM}}align="center"| 2–2align="center"| 3–22011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.6 January 2010Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a{{fb|YEM}}align="center"| 3–2align="center"| 3–22011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Awards and honours

=Club=

;FC Tokyo

:: 2009

:: 2010

:: 2011

:: 2011

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Sota Hirayama}}

  • {{FIFA player|207911}}
  • {{NFT player|35301|Sōta Hirayama}}
  • [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/hirayama_sota.html Japan National Football Team Database]
  • {{J.League player|9079}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170526212824/http://www.vegalta.co.jp/topteam/profile_top/player09.html Profile at Vegalta Sendai]
  • {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511211142/http://www.wldcup.com/Asia/overseas/hirayama/hirayama.html |date=11 May 2006 |title=Rising Sun News profile }}

{{Japan men's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

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Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:University of Tsukuba alumni

Category:Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture

Category:Japanese men's footballers

Category:Japan men's youth international footballers

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

Category:Japan men's international footballers

Category:Eredivisie players

Category:J1 League players

Category:J2 League players

Category:Heracles Almelo players

Category:FC Tokyo players

Category:Vegalta Sendai players

Category:Olympic footballers for Japan

Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games

Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

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Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Asian Games competitors for Japan