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Tadaaki Hirakawa
平川忠亮

Personal information

Full name

Tadaaki Hirakawa

Date of birth

1 May 1979 (age 45)

Place of birth

Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in)

Playing position

Defender, Midfielder

Youth career

1995–1997

Shimizu Commercial High School

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2002–2018

Urawa Red Diamonds

336

(9)

Total

336

(9)

Honours


Urawa Reds
Winner	AFC Champions League	2007
Winner	AFC Champions League	2017
Winner	J1 League	2006
Runner-up	J1 League	2004
Runner-up	J1 League	2005
Runner-up	J1 League	2007
Runner-up	J1 League	2014
Runner-up	J1 League	2016
Winner	J.League Cup	2003
Winner	J.League Cup	2016
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2002
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2004
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2011
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2013
Winner	Emperor's Cup	2005
Winner	Emperor's Cup	2006
Winner	Emperor's Cup	2018
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	2015

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Tadaaki Hirakawa (平川忠亮, Hirakawa Tadaaki, born 1 May 1979) is a former Japanese footballer. He is the current assistant manager of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.

Playing career
Club statistics
Awards and honours
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See also

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 in the line-up as a left side midfielder from July. The Urawa Reds won the 2003 J.League Cup for the first time in the club history. In 2004, the Urawa Reds signed Alessandro Santos and Hirakawa lost his place in the team. So, Hirakawa played many positions, including three positions in defence, and as a right side midfielder in the 2004 season. However, his opportunity to play decreased following the summer of 2004.

In 2006, he became a regular in the line-up as a right side midfielder and the Urawa Reds won the J1 League for the first time in the club's history. In 2007, he failed to displace Nobuhisa Yamada, so he became a left side midfielder again, leading to the Urawa Reds winning the 2007 AFC Champions League. In 2008, he played many matches as a right and left side midfielder. Although he could not play many matches in 2009 because of injury, he played regularly as a right and left side back in 2010. From 2012, he played many matches as a right side midfielder.

He then lost his place to young player Takahiro Sekine from 2015. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Other^*		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds	2002	22	0	0	0	7	0	-		-		29	0
	2003	30	1	1	0	9	0	-		-		40	1
	2004	22	1	4	0	9	0	-		2	0	37	1
	2005	26	2	0	0	10	0	-		-		36	2
	2006	28	1	4	0	8	1	-		-		40	2
	2007	19	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	2	0	32	0
	2008	31	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	-		39	1
	2009	11	0	1	0	2	0	-		-		14	0
	2010	26	0	3	0	3	0	-		-		32	0
	2011	24	1	3	0	2	0	-		-		29	1
	2012	31	1	3	0	1	0	-		-		35	1
	2013	27	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	-		37	0
	2014	25	1	0	0	4	0	-		-		29	1
	2015	8	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	17	0
	2016	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	2017	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2018	3	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Career total		336	9	23	0	67	1	24	0	6	0	456	10