Takashi Hirano

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Personal information
Takashi Hirano
Date of birth	July 15, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Shimizu, Japan
Height	5'11" (180cm)
Playing position	Left Midfielder, Left Defender, Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Yokohama F. Marinos
Youth clubs
1990 - 1993	Shimizu Commercial High
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2003 2003 - 2005 2005 - 2006	Nagoya Grampus Eight Kyoto Purple Sanga Jubilo Iwata Vissel Kobe Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F. Marinos TOTAL: 311 (68)	213 (43) 5 (1) 3 (1) 28 (6) 53 (17) 9 (0)
National team²
1997 - 2000	Japan	19 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 1 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 1 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Takashi Hirano (born 15 July 1974 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese football midfielder.

He was a member of the Japanese national team between 1997 and 2000. He played two games as a substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Strong left foot with excellent serving. Popular for his cannon shot and nick name – Lefty Monster. Discovered by Arsene Wenger at Nagoya Grampus Eight and developed to one of the best lefty attacker in Japan. Trained with Arsenal in 2000 and 2005.

1 Clubs
2 National team
3 Team Honors
4 External link

[edit] Clubs

1990-1992: Shimizu Commercial High School
1993-2000: Nagoya Grampus Eight

Head Coaches: Arsene Wenger, Carlos Queiros, Ozvaldo Ardiles
1995 & 1999: Emperor’s Cup Champion
Games Played: 213
Games Played in Cup: 50
Goals: 43
Goals in Cup: 15

2000: Kyoto Purple Sanga

Games Played: 5
Games Played in Cup: 7
Goals: 1
Goals in Cup: 0

2001: Jubilo Iwata

J-League 1st Stage Champion
Games Played: 3
Games Played in Cup: 1
Goals: 0
Goals in Cup: 0

2002: Vissel Kobe

Games Played: 28
Games Played in Cup: 6
Goals: 1
Goals in Cup: 0

2003-2005: Tokyo Verdy 1969

Games Played: 53
Games Played in Cup: 17
Goals: 8
Goals in Cup: 2

2006: Yokohama F. Marinos

Games Played: 9
Games Played in Cup:
Goals: 0
Goals in Cup:

[edit] National team

1998 FIFA World Cup

Total Cap: 19
Goal: 4

1992: U-19 Japan MNT member – AFC Youth Championship
1994: U-21 Japan MNT Camp
1995: U-22 Japan MNT Camp
1997: Japan MNT Member – 98’ France World Cup Qualifier
1998: Japan MNT Member – Dynasty Cup – Champion, Japan MNT Member – Kirin Cup, Japan MNT Member – 98’ France World Cup
2000: Japan MNT Member – Carlsberg Cup, Japan MNT Member – Asian Cup Qualifier

[edit] Team Honors

1998 FIFA World Cup
2001: J-League 1st Stage Champion
1995 & 1999: Emperor’s Cup Champion
1991: All-Japan High School Championship – Champion

[edit] External link

Career history at National Football Teams

	Japan squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Kojima \| 2 Narahashi \| 3 Soma \| 4 Ihara \| 5 Omura \| 6 Yamaguchi \| 7 Ito \| 8 Nakata \| 9 Nakayama \| 10 Nanami \| 11 Ono \| 12 Lopes \| 13 Hattori \| 14 Okano \| 15 Morishima \| 16 Saito \| 17 Akita \| 18 Jo \| 19 Nakanishi \| 20 Kawaguchi \| 21 Narazaki \| 22 Hirano \| Coach: Okada