Jorge Hirano

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hirano and the second or maternal family name is Matsumoto.
Jorge Hirano
Personal information
Full name Jorge Hirano Matsumoto
Date of birth (1956-08-16) 16 August 1956
Place of birth Huaral, Peru
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 Unión Huaral
1978-1979 Juventud La Palma
1980-1981 Fujita Kogyo 23 (4)
1982 Unión Huaral
1983-1985 Sporting Cristal
1986-1993 Bolívar 208 (124)
1993 Deportivo Sipesa
1994 Sport Boys
National team
1984-1991 Peru[1] 36 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jorge Hirano Matsumoto (born 16 August 1956 in Huaral) is a former Japanese-Peruvian football player.

Club career

Hirano didn't have the looks of a prolific goal scorer nonetheless of a forward but he compensated his slight figure with extraordinary speed.

If he was cheered with La Celeste of Sporting Cristal, he was idolized across of the Cordillera with another Celeste: the one of Club Bolivar of La Paz, where he played eight years and scored 139 goals.

International career

Hirano played a total of 36 games for Peru between 1984 and 1991, scoring 11 goals.

Honors

Season Club Title
1991Bolivia Bolívar Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 19 goals

References

  1. ↑ Peru - Record International Players



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