Nozomi Hiroyama

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|||||
|2010|29|0|0|0|–|–|29|0||||||
|Richmond Kickers|2011|20|0|3|1|–|–|23|1|||||
|2012|19|0|1|0|–|–|20|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Japan|2001|2|0|

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Nozomi Hiroyama
- **fullname**: Nozomi Hiroyama
- **birth place**: Sodegaura, Chiba, Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1993–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Narashino High School
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **clubs1**: JEF United Chiba, JEF United Ichihara
- **caps1**: 120
- **goals1**: 12
- **years2**: 2001
- **clubs2**: Cerro Porteño
- **caps2**: 29
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2002
- **clubs3**: Sport Club do Recife, Sport Recife
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2002–2003
- **clubs4**: SC Braga, Braga
- **caps4**: 8
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2003–2004
- **clubs5**: Montpellier HSC, Montpellier
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2004–2008
- **clubs6**: Tokyo Verdy
- **caps6**: 79
- **goals6**: 11
- **years7**: 2005
- **clubs7**: →Cerezo Osaka (loan)
- **caps7**: 15
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2009–2010
- **clubs8**: Thespakusatsu Gunma, Thespa Kusatsu
- **caps8**: 73
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 2011–2012
- **clubs9**: Richmond Kickers
- **caps9**: 39
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 370
- **totalgoals**: 29
- **nationalyears1**: 1997
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2001
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0