Jorge Hirano

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Jorge Hirano
Personal information
Full name Jorge Hirano Matsumoto
Date of birth (1956-08-16) 16 August 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Huaral, Peru
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 12 (1)
1994 Sport Boys 1 (0)
International career
1984–1991 Peru [1] 36 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

SeasonClubTitle
1991 Bolívar Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano top scorer: 19 goals

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