Takashi Hirano

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

Biography
Hirano was born in Shizuoka on July 15, 1974. After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1993. He played many matches as left midfielder from first season. The club won the champions in the 1995 and 1999 Emperor's Cup. He played 222 matches and scored 43 goals. In summer 2000, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2000 season. He played for Júbilo Iwata in 2001 and Vissel Kobe in 2002. In 2003, he moved to Tokyo Verdy. The club won the champions in the 2004 Emperor's Cup. However the club was relegated to J2 end of 2005 season. From 2006, he played Yokohama F. Marinos, Omiya Ardija and Vancouver Whitecaps. He retired in 2010.

On June 8, 1997, Hirano debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Croatia. He also played at 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997. In 1998, he was selected Japan for 1998 World Cup. He played two games as a substitute at the 1998 World Cup. He played 15 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2000.

Statistics

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|1993||rowspan="8"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="8"|J1 League||19||4||3||1||3||1||25||6
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|1994||36||4||2||0||1||0||39||4
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|1995||50||9||5||2||colspan="2"|-||55||11
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|1996||29||7||0||0||14||5||43||12
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|1997||21||4||1||0||6||3||28||7
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|1998||30||8||4||0||0||0||34||8
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|1999||28||7||5||1||6||2||39||10
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|2000||9||0||0||0||0||0||9||0
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|2000||Kyoto Purple Sanga||J1 League||7||1||1||0||4||0||12||1
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|2001||Júbilo Iwata||J1 League||3||0||1||0||0||0||4||0
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|2002||Vissel Kobe||J1 League||28||1||1||0||5||0||34||1
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|2003||rowspan="3"|Tokyo Verdy||rowspan="3"|J1 League||25||4||3||1||5||0||33||5
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|2004||28||4||1||0||7||1||36||5
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|2005||27||0||1||1||6||0||34||1
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|2006||Yokohama F. Marinos||J1 League||9||0||0||0||6||0||15||0
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|2007||Omiya Ardija||J1 League||3||1||1||0||0||0||4||1

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|2008||rowspan="3"|Vancouver Whitecaps||rowspan="2"|USL First Division||22||1||||||||||22||1
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|2009||28||0||||||||||28||0
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|2010||D2 Pro League||15||0||||||||||15||0
352||54||29||6||63||12||444||72
65||1||||||||||65||1
417||55||29||6||63||12||509||73
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1997||5||1
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|1998||7||2
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|1999||0||0
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|2000||3||1
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!Total||15||4
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References

Other websites

Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Nagoya Grampus players
Category:Kyoto Sanga FC players
Category:Júbilo Iwata players
Category:Vissel Kobe players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players
Category:Yokohama F. Marinos players
Category:Omiya Ardija players
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players