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player. His son Rikuto is also a footballer.

Playing career

Hirose was born in Saitama on June 6, 1965. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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(later ''Urawa Reds'') in 1984. He played many matches as offensive midfielder in first season, and became a regular player from next season. The club also won the 3rd place 1986–87 and 1987–88 season. After that, the club performance was sluggish for long time. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league

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. However the club finished at bottom place in

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season. In 1995, he was converted to defensive midfielder by new manager Holger Osieck and the club finished at 4th place. He retired end of 2000 season. He played 326 matches and scored 31 goals for the club in 17 seasons.

Club statistics

References

External links

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1965 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Men's association football midfielders Association football people from Saitama (city) 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub