Hiroshi Kiyotake
清武 弘嗣
Kiyotake playing for Japan U23
Personal information
Full name Hiroshi Kiyotake
Date of birth (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Ōita, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Cerezo Osaka
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2007 Oita Trinita Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Oita Trinita 31 (4)
2010–2012 Cerezo Osaka 66 (13)
2012–2014 1. FC Nürnberg 64 (7)
2014–2016 Hannover 96 53 (10)
2016–2017 Sevilla 4 (1)
2017– Cerezo Osaka 178 (25)
International career‡
2009 Japan U20 5 (1)
2011–2012 Japan U23 16 (2)
2011–2017 Japan 43 (5)
Medal record
Oita Trinita
Winner J.League Cup 2008
Cerezo Osaka
Winner J.League Cup 2017
Winner Emperor's Cup 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2017

Hiroshi Kiyotake (清武 弘嗣, Kiyotake Hiroshi, born 12 November 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Japanese club Cerezo Osaka. He played for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career

In the summer of 2012, Kiyotake signed a four-year contract with German club 1. FC Nürnberg.[3] Kiyotake subsequently moved within the Bundesliga in 2014 to join Hannover 96, before transferring to join Spanish side Sevilla in La Liga following Hannover 96's relegation from the Bundesliga.[4]

Personal life

His younger brother, Koki, is also a professional football player.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2021[5][6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oita Trinita 2008 J1 League 8 1 1 0 3 0 – 12 1
2009 23 3 2 0 6 1 1 0 32 4
Total 31 4 3 0 9 1 1 0 44 5
Cerezo Osaka 2010 J1 League 25 4 3 0 1 0 – 29 4
2011 25 7 3 1 0 0 9 4 37 12
2012 16 2 0 0 3 1 – 19 3
2017 18 6 4 0 4 0 – 26 6
2018 20 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 24 5
2019 27 1 0 0 1 0 – 28 1
2020 33 8 – 4 1 – 37 9
2021 15 1 – 0 0 – 15 1
Total 179 33 11 2 15 2 10 4 215 41
1. FC Nürnberg 2012–13 Bundesliga 31 4 1 0 – – 32 4
2013–14 33 3 1 0 – – 34 3
Total 64 7 2 0 – – 66 7
Hannover 96 2014–15 Bundesliga 32 5 1 0 – – 33 5
2015–16 21 5 1 0 – – 22 5
Total 53 10 2 0 – – 55 10
Sevilla 2016–17 La Liga 4 1 3 0 – 2 0 9 1
Career total 331 55 21 2 24 3 13 4 389 64
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal and Copa del Rey and Supercopa and J. League Super Cup.
  2. ^ Includes J. League Cup.
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League and Pan-Pacific Championship and UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2011 5 0
2012 7 1
2013 11 0
2014 3 0
2015 7 0
2016 9 4
2017 1 0
Total 43 5
As of match played 15 November 2016[6]
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kiyotake goal.
List of international goals scored by Hiroshi Kiyotake
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 November 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 12  Oman 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 24 March 2016 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan 33  Afghanistan 2–0 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 7 June 2016 Suita City Football Stadium, Suita, Osaka, Japan 35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–2 2016 Kirin Soccer Cup
4 11 November 2016 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan 41  Oman 3–0 4–0 2016 Kirin Challenge Cup
5 15 November 2016 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan 42  Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Oita Trinita

Cerezo Osaka

References

  1. ^ "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Hiroshi Kiyotake Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Hiroshi Kiyotake". footballtop.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Sevilla announce Kiyotake signing". FourFourTwo. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ^ 2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK). Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社. 8 February 2017. p. 147. ISBN 978-4905411420.
  6. ^ a b Hiroshi Kiyotake at Soccerway
  7. ^ "Hiroshi Kiyotake > Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. ^ 清武 弘嗣 （Hiroshi Kiyotake）. jfootball-db.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 June 2018.

External links

Cerezo Osaka – current squad
2011 J.League Team of the Year
Japan squads
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