Hiromi Kojima

Hiromi Kojima
小島 宏美

Personal information
Full name	Hiromi Kojima
Date of birth	(1977-12-12) December 12, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Nogata, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1993–1995	Higashi Fukuoka High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Gamba Osaka	131	(36)
2002	Consadole Sapporo	5	(0)
2002	Omiya Ardija	11	(3)
2003	Oita Trinita	0	(0)
2003–2005	Vissel Kobe	38	(2)
2006–2008	FC Gifu	66	(16)
Total		251	(58)
International career
2000	Japan	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hiromi Kojima (小島 宏美, Kojima Hiromi, born December 12, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kojima was born in Nogata on December 12, 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1996. He played many matches as forward from 1997. Around this time, many young players Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Junichi Inamoto and Ryuji Bando got an opportunity to play in the club. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Kota Yoshihara in 2001. From 2002, he played for Consadole Sapporo (2002), Omiya Ardija (2002), Oita Trinita (2003) and Vissel Kobe (2003-05). At Vissel Kobe, he was converted to mainly defensive midfielder in 2004. He moved to Regional Leagues club FC Gifu in 2006. He retired end of 2008 season.

National team career

On April 26, 2000, Kojima debuted for Japan national team against South Korea.^[1]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1996	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	9	1	3	1	2	0	14	2
1997			20	1	3	0	6	1	29	2
1998			34	17	1	0	4	3	39	20
1999			21	6	2	2	3	1	26	9
2000			30	9	4	2	3	0	37	11
2001			17	2	3	0	2	0	22	2
2002	Consadole Sapporo		5	0	0	0	2	1	7	1
	Omiya Ardija	J2 League	11	3	0	0	-		11	3
2003	Oita Trinita	J1 League	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	Vissel Kobe		6	0	3	1	1	0	10	1
2004			21	2	0	0	5	0	26	2
2005			11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
2006	FC Gifu	JRL (Tōkai, Div. 1)	11	6	3	2	-		14	8
2007		JFL	28	7	3	0	-		31	7
2008		J2 League	27	2	2	0	-		29	2
Total			251	56	28	8	29	6	308	70

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	1	0
Total	1	0

References

1. Japan National Football Team Database

External links

• Hiromi Kojima at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Hiromi Kojima at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)