Hiroshi Kiyotake
Hiroshi Kiyotake 2012
Hiroshi Kiyotake (Japanese清 武 弘 嗣, Hiroshi Kiyotake, born November 12, 1989 in Oita, Oita Prefecture) is a Japanese football player. He is an attacking midfielder. His preferred position is the playmaker, he can also be used on the right wing position.
Clubs
Born in Oita Prefecture Kiyotake played from 2002 to 2003 for FC Katiora, from 2004 in the U15 youth team from Oita Trinita. His debut in professional football was Kiyotake age of 17 on 9 August 2008 for Oita Trinita in the J. League match against Shimizu S-Pulse, when he came on in the 78th minute for Yoshiaki Fujita. Only a few minutes after coming off the bench Kiyotake made the gateway to 2-2 and thus his first goal in professional football. He had brought it at the end of the season to eight inserts, but was come only sporadically used. In the next J. League season Kiyotake came on 23 missions and scored three goals. In the said Oita Trinita season relegated from J. League Division 1. By the descent and because of the financial deterioration Trinita he left and signed in 2010 a contract with newly promoted Cerezo Osaka. In his debut season for Cerezo Kiyotake scored four goals. On 14 September 2011 at the first leg of the sixteenth finals of the AFC Champions League Kiyotake get two hits against the K- League club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Cerezo won the game 4-3. In the return match, he played on despite an injury from the beginning. Cerezo lost the game 1:6 and Kiyotake was replaced in the course of the game.
During the summer break in 2012 Kiyotake transferred to 1 FC Nuremberg.. He signed a contract for four years until 30 June 2016 (1st Round ) On August 25, 2012, when the club won 1-0 at Hamburger SV, Kiyotake debuted over 90 minutes in the Bundesliga; September 15, 2012 ( 3rd Round ) in a 3-2 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach he scored the winning goal in the 55th minute, his first Bundesliga goal.
National
On 10 August 2011 at the test match against South Korea at Sapporo Dome Kiyotake gave his debut for the Japanese national soccer team. Kiyotake was substituted in the 36th minute for Shinji Okazaki and Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda had each laid a hit. In his second international appearance for Japan against North Korea during the football World Cup Qualification 2014 Kiyotake prepared the winning goal by Maya Yoshida in stoppage time. His starting debut in Kiyotake on November 15 in the return match against North Korea.
Kiyotake also played in the U23 qualifying tournament for the Olympic Summer Games in 2012. 2012, he was in the squad for the Olympic Games and came in all six games for use. In the 3rd place match, the team defeated South Korea 0-2.