Reiji Hirata | |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1975 |
Birth Place: | Japan |
Manageryears1: | 1997–1998 |
Managerclubs1: | Cerezo Osaka (youth) |
Manageryears2: | 2009–2014 |
Managerclubs2: | Gifu (academy director) |
Manageryears3: | 2014 |
Managerclubs3: | Chinese Taipei (technical director) |
Manageryears4: | 2015 |
Managerclubs4: | Chinese Taipei U13 |
Manageryears5: | 2017[1] |
Managerclubs5: | Chinese Taipei |
Manageryears6: | 2017 |
Managerclubs6: | Chinese Taipei U16 |
Manageryears7: | 2018 |
Managerclubs7: | Philippines U19 |
Manageryears8: | 2018 |
Managerclubs8: | Philippines U17 |
Manageryears9: | 2023- |
Managerclubs9: | Japan U15 |
Reiji Hirata (Japanese: 平田 礼次; born in Japan) is a Japanese football manager. He is the current manager of the Japan national under-15 football team.
Hirata started his managerial career with the Chinese Taipei national under-16 football team.
In 2017, he was appointed head coach of the Chinese Taipei national football team, a position he held until 2017.
In 2018, he was appointed as the Head of Youth Development of Philippine Football Federation.[2]
Hirata coached the Philippines U-19 in the 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship held in Indonesia.[3]
A month later, Hirata led the Philippines U-17 in the 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The tournament was also held in Indonesia.[4]