Tadaaki Hirakawa

Tadaaki Hirakawa (平川 忠亮, Hirakawa Tadaaki, born 1 May 1979) is a former Japanese football player.[1]

Tadaaki Hirakawa
平川 忠亮
Personal information
Full name Tadaaki Hirakawa
Date of birth (1979-05-01) 1 May 1979
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997 Shimizu Commercial High School
1998–2001 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2018 Urawa Red Diamonds 336 (9)
Total 336 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Hirakawa was born in Shizuoka on 1 May 1979. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2002. Although he is originally a right side player, he became a regular player as left side midfielder from July. Reds won the champions in 2003 J.League Cup first time in the club history. In 2004, Reds gained Alessandro Santos and Hirakawa lost his position as left side midfielder. So, Hirakawa played many positions, stopper of three backs, right side midfielder in 2004 season.

However his opportunity to play decreased summer 2004. In 2006, he became a regular player as right side midfielder and Reds won the champions J1 League first time in the club history. In 2007, although he could hardly play in the match behind Nobuhisa Yamada until summer, he became a regular player as left side midfielder as Santos successor and Reds won the champions in 2007 AFC Champions League. In 2008, he played many matches as right and left side midfielder. Although he could not play many matches for injury in 2009, he played as regular player as right and left side back of four backs from 2010. From 2012, he played many matches as right side midfielder.

However he could hardly play in the match behind young player Takahiro Sekine from 2015. He retired end of 2018 season.[2]

Club statistics

[3][4][5][6]

Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Other* Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds 2002 2200070--290
2003 3011090--401
2004 2214090-20371
2005 26200100--362
2006 2814081--402
2007 190001010020320
2008 311202040-391
2009 1101020--140
2010 2603030--320
2011 2413020--291
2012 3113010--351
2013 270005050-370
2014 2510040--291
2015 8010204020170
2016 000010100020
2017 301010000050
2018 300000--30
Career total 33692306712406045610

*Includes other competitive competitions, including the J.League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Awards and honours

Club
Urawa Red Diamonds
2006
2005, 2006
2003, 2016
2017, 2007
2006

References
  1. Tadaaki Hirakawa at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Urawa Reds(in Japanese)
  3. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 58 out of 289)
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 18 out of 289)
  5. Tadaaki Hirakawa at J.League (in Japanese)
  6. Urawa Reds(in Japanese)
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