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| Full name | Yu Hirakawa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kashima, Saga, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Bristol City (On loan from Machida Zelvia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Meirin JSC | |||||||||||||||||
| –2015 | FC Revona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Saga Higashi High School | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Yamanashi Gakuin University | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Machida Zelvia | 61 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Bristol City (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Japan U22 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Japan U23 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:20, 21 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Yu Hirakawa (平河 悠, Hirakawa Yu, born 3 January 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Bristol City.