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 | 12 | (1) |
1994 | Sport Boys | 1 | (0) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Hirano played a total of 36 games for Peru between 1984 and 1991, scoring 11 goals.
Honors
[edit]Season | Club | Title |
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1991 | Bolívar | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano top scorer: 19 goals |
References
[edit]- ^ Peru - Record International Players Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Profile at Asociacion Peruano Japonesa
- Jorge Hirano at National-Football-Teams.com