Jorge Hirano
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Hirano Matsumoto | ||
Date of birth | 16 August 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Huaral, Peru | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977 | Unión Huaral | ||
1978-1979 | Juventud La Palma | ||
1980-1981 | Fujita Kogyo | 23 | (4) |
1982 | Unión Huaral | ||
1983-1985 | Sporting Cristal | ||
1986-1993 | Bolívar | 208 | (124) |
1993 | Deportivo Sipesa | ||
1994 | Sport Boys | ||
International career | |||
1984-1991 | Peru[1] | 36 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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
Season | Club | Title |
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1991 | Bolívar | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 19 goals |
References
External links
- Profile at Asociacion Peruano Japonesa
- Jorge Hirano at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Lima Region
- Peruvian people of Japanese descent
- Peruvian footballers
- Peruvian expatriate footballers
- Peru international footballers
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- 1991 Copa América players
- Japan Soccer League players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
- Peruvian expatriates in Bolivia
- Unión Huaral footballers
- Towa Real Estate S.C. players
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Club Bolívar players
- Sport Boys footballers
- Peruvian football biography stubs