Tomohiro Taira
Japanese footballer
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Tomohiro Taira (平 智広, Taira, Tomohiro; born 10 May 1990 in Higashikurume, Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Zweigen Kanazawa.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomohiro Taira | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Higashikurume, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zweigen Kanazawa | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Higashi-kurume Hibari SC | |||
| Yokogawa Musashino FC | |||
| Tokyo Verdy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Hosei University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Machida Zelvia | 86 | (1) |
| 2016–2024 | Tokyo Verdy | 215 | (13) |
| 2024- | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 | |||
Youth career
When young, Taira played for Higashi-kurume Hibari SC, before moving up to join Yokogawa Musashino FC.
He then played for The Tokyo Verdi youth team until he started university.[2]
College
Taira played for the Hosei University team while attending that university from 2009-2012.
Professional career
Taira joined FC Machida Zelvin in 2013 after graduating from Hosei University.
In 2016 he returned to Tokyo Verdi, this time as a professional player. He had hoped to moved with Tokyo Verdi as they returned to the J1 League for the 2024 season,[2]but after playing only two games at J1 level, it was instead announced that he would transfer to the J3 League team Zweigen Kanazawa.[3] Taira played as Verdy’s team captain during the 2021 and 2022 season,[4] and was the oldest member of the team.[3]
Taira started playing for Zweigen Kanazawa from July in the 2024 season.[2]
Club statistics
Updated to 19 July 2022.[5][6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Other1 | Total | ||||||
| 2013 | FC Machida Zelvia | JFL | 24 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | J3 League | 32 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Tokyo Verdy | J2 League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 25 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 41 | 2 | – | – | 41 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 31 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Zweigen Kanazawa | J3 League | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Career total | 301 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 315 | 17 | ||
1Includes J1 Playoffs and J2/J3 Playoffs.
