Toshihiro Aoyama

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

## Biography

Aoyama was born in Kurashiki on February 22, 1986. After graduating from Sakuyo High School, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2004. He played many matches as a defensive midfielder from 2006. Sanfrecce won the J1 League in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Aoyama was also selected as the J.League MVP in 2015.

In July 2013, Aoyama was selected for the Japan national team for the 2013 East Asian Cup. He debuted at this tournament against China on July 21. He played at 2014 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup. He played 12 games and scored one goal for Japan between 2013 and 2019.

### Club

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|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup|colspan="2"|J.League Cup|colspan="2"|AFC|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="21"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|2004|rowspan="4"|J1 League|0|0|0|0|1|1|–|–|1|1||
|2005|0|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|0|0||||||
|2006|19|1|1|1|1|0|–|–|21|2||||||
|2007|28|0|1|1|6|0|–|–|35|1||||||
|2008|J2 League|36|4|4|1|–|–|–|40|5||||||
|2009|rowspan="16"|J1 League|29|3|0|0|5|1|–|–|34|4||||
|2010|23|0|1|0|5|0|0|0|–|29|0|||||
|2011|27|2|2|0|1|0|–|–|30|2||||||
|2012|34|2|0|0|4|0|–|–|38|2||||||
|2013|33|3|4|0|2|0|3|0|4|1|46|4||||
|2014|25|1|1|0|5|0|8|0|1|0|40|1||||
|2015|33|3|3|1|2|0|–|6|0|39|3|||||
|2016|28|2|2|0|2|0|4|0|1|0|37|2||||
|2017|31|0|1|0|4|0|–|–|36|0||||||
|2018|34|1|2|0|0|0|–|–|36|1||||||
|2019|14|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|–|19|0|||||
|2020|31|1|0|0|1|0|–|–|32|1||||||
|2021|32|1|0|0|1|0|–|–|33|1||||||
|2022|15|0|2|0|8|0|–|–|25|0||||||
|2023|5|0|1|0|2|0|–|8|0|||||||
|2024|3|0|2|1|1|0|2|0|–|8|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Japan|2013|3|0|
|2014|4|0|||
|2015|1|1|||
|2016|0|0|||
|2017|0|0|||
|2018|3|0|||
|2019|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aoyama goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|31 March 2015|Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Japan||1–0|5–1|Friendly|Japan vs. Uzbekistan - 31 March 2015 - Soccerway|||||||||

## Honours

**Sanfrecce Hiroshima**
- J1 League: 2012, 2013, 2015
- J2 League: 2008
- J.League Cup: 2022
- Japanese Super Cup: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016

**Japan**
- EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- J.League MVP Award: 2015
- J.League Best XI: 2012, 2013, 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Toshihiro Aoyama
 青山 敏弘
- **fullname**: Toshihiro Aoyama
- **birth place**: Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, Japan
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Midfielder (association football)#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1992–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Kawatetsu SS
- **youthyears2**: 1998–2000
- **youthclubs2**: Hajaxs FC
- **youthyears3**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs3**: Sakuyo High School
- **years1**: 2004–2024
- **clubs1**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps1**: 480
- **goals1**: 24
- **nationalyears1**: 2013–2019
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **club-update**: 8 December 2024, 16:22 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 17 January 2019