Jorge Hirano

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Jorge Hirano
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Hirano Matsumoto
Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Huaral, Peru
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977 1980-1981 1982 1983-1985 1986-1993 1993 1994	Unión Huaral Fujita Kogyo Unión Huaral Sporting Cristal Bolívar Deportivo Sipesa Sport Boys	??? (124)
National team
1984-1991	Peru	036 0(11)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Hirano Matsumoto is a former Japanese-Peruvian football player. Jorge Hirano (Huaral, 1956) had Eastern ancestry, but he was as Peruvian as the chaufa.

He played a total of 36 games for Peru between 1984 and 1991, scoring 11 goals. Perhaps one of the few bright spots of a Peruvian team in decline in the late 80s.

Hirano didn't have the looks of a prolific goal scorer nonetheless of a forward but he compensated his slight figure with extraordinary speed. Nevertheless, his scoring talent was as lethal as one of those Japanese kamikaze.

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. Without a doubt, the best Peruvian player than ever played in the Bolivian Football League where he secured two Bi-Championships (1987 and 1988, 1991 and 1992) and became one of the top goal scorers in the history of the Bolivian club.

Honors

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

References

External links

• Profile at Asociacion Peruano Japonesa
• Profile at National Football Teams

v · d · ePeru squad – Copa América 1987 1 Chávez-Riva • 2 Gonzalez Ganoza • 3 Dufoo • 4 Rojas • 5 Valencia • 6 Requena • 7 Olivares • 8 Chirinos • 9 Loyola • 10 Malsquez • 11 Arteaga • 12 Cordero • 13 Vazquez • 14 Del Solar • 15 Olaechea • 16 Martinez • 17 Reyna • 18 La Rosa • 19 Rey Muñoz • 20 Hirano • 21  Navarro • 22 Soto • Coach: Cuellar

v · d · ePeru squad – Copa América 1989 1 Chávez-Riva • 2 Purizaga • 3 Arteaga • 4 Reynoso • 5 Valencia • 6 Requena • 7 Olivares • 8 Torres • 9 Manassero • 10 Guido • 11 Talavera • 12 Rodríguez • 13 Carranza • 14 Del Solar • 15 Olaechea • 16 Dall'orso • 17 Reyna • 18 La Rosa • 19 Rey Muñoz • 20 Hirano • 21  Navarro • 22 Uribe • Coach: Pepe

v · d · ePeru squad – Copa América 1991 1 Purizaga • 2 Miranda • 3 Arteaga • 4 Reynoso • 5 Barco • 6 Charun • 7 Olivares • 8 Yañez • 9 Rodríguez • 10 Vidales • 11 Rodriguez • 12 Martinez • 13 Carranza • 14 Del Solar • 15 Palacios • 16 Yupanqui • 17 Palma • 18 La Rosa • 19 Gonzalez • 20 Hirano • 21  Navarro • 22 Maestri • Coach: Company

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