Nozomi Hiroyama

Nozomi Hiroyama
Personal information
Full name	Nozomi Hiroyama
Date of birth	May 6, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995	Narashino High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	JEF United Ichihara
2001	Cerro Porteño
2002	Sport Recife
2002–2003	Braga
2003–2004	Montpellier
2004–2008	Tokyo Verdy
2005	→Cerezo Osaka (loan)
2009–2010	Thespa Kusatsu
2011–2012	Richmond Kickers
Total
National team
1997	Japan U-20
2001	Japan
Honours
JEF United Ichihara
Tokyo Verdy
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山望, Hiroyama Nozomi, born May 6, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Hiroyama was born in Sodegaura on May 6, 1977. After graduating from Narashino High School, he joined his local club JEF United Ichihara in 1996. He became a regular player from first season. The club won the 2nd place in the 1998 J.League Cup. In 2001, he moved to Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño. From 2002, he played for Sport Recife, Braga and Montpellier. In summer 2004, he returned to Japan and joined Tokyo Verdy. In 2005, he moved to Cerezo Osaka on loan and returned to Verdy in a year. Toward the end of his career, he played for Thespa Kusatsu (2009–2010) and Richmond Kickers (2011–2012). He retired end of 2012 season.

In June 1997, Hiroyama was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played 4 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Paraguay. On October 4, 2001, Hiroyama debuted for the Japan national team against Senegal. On October 7, he also played against Nigeria. He played 2 games for Japan in 2001.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JEF United Ichihara	1996	21	1	1	0	8	1	-		30	2
	1997	30	1	4	2	6	1	–		40	4
	1998	30	7	1	0	4	2	–		35	9
	1999	30	2	3	0	0	0	–		33	2
	2000	9	1	3	0	0	0	–		12	1
Cerro Porteño	2001	29	3					7	2	36	5
Sport Recife	2002	0	0							0	0
Braga	2002–03	8	0	0	0	1	0	–		9	0
Montpellier	2003–04	7	0							7	0
Tokyo Verdy	2004	4	0	1	0	1	0	–		6	0
Cerezo Osaka (loan)	2005	15	0	0	0	3	0	–		18	0
Tokyo Verdy	2006	27	4	1	0	–		2	0	30	4
	2007	32	7	1	0	–		–		33	7
	2008	16	0	1	0	4	1	–		21	1
Thespa Kusatsu	2009	44	3	2	0	–		–		46	3
Thespa Kusatsu	2010	29	0	0	0	–		–		29	0
Richmond Kickers	2011	20	0	3	1	–		–		23	1
Richmond Kickers	2012	19	0	1	0	–		–		20	0
Career total		370	29	22	3	27	5	9	2	428	39