Chika Hirao

Chika Hirao (平尾 知佳, Hirao Chika, born December 31, 1996) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Albirex Niigata and Japan national team.

Chika Hirao
平尾 知佳
Personal information
Full name Chika Hirao
Date of birth (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996
Place of birth Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Albirex Niigata
Number 30
Youth career
2009–2014 JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Urawa Reds 34 (0)
2018– Albirex Niigata 18 (0)
Total 52 (0)
National team‡
2012 Japan U-17 3 (0)
2016 Japan U-20 5 (0)
2018– Japan 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 17, 2019

Club career

Hirao was born in Matsudo on December 31, 1996. She joined L.League club Urawa Reds from JFA Academy Fukushima in 2014. She played many matches as regular goalkeeper and the club won the champions in first season. However her opportunity to play decreased behind Sakiko Ikeda from 2015 season. In 2018, she moved to Albirex Niigata.

National team career

In September 2012, when Hirao was 15 years old, she was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2012 U-17 Women's World Cup and she played 3 matches as regular goalkeeper. In November 2016, she was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2016 U-20 Women's World Cup. She played 5 matches and Japan won the 3rd place.[1]

In April 2018, Hirao was selected Japan national team for 2018 Women's Asian Cup. Although she did not play in any matches, Japan won the championship after two tournaments in a row. On August 2, she debuted against Australia.[2]

National team statistics

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201810
201910
Total20

References
  1. Chika Hirao – FIFA competition record
  2. Japan Football Association
  3. List of match in 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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