| Toshihiro Aoyama 青山 敏弘 | |
| Fullname: | Toshihiro Aoyama[1] |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan |
| Height: | 1.73 m[2] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | 1992–1998 |
| Youthclubs1: | Kawatetsu SS |
| Youthyears2: | 1998–2000 |
| Youthclubs2: | Hajaxs FC |
| Youthyears3: | 2001–2003 |
| Youthclubs3: | Sakuyo High School |
| Years1: | 2004–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Caps1: | 479 |
| Goals1: | 24 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 11 October 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 January 2019 |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and set last play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima until 2024.
Aoyama was born in Kurashiki. After featuring in 2014 FIFA World Cup, in May 2018 he was named in the Japan national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[3] However, he got injured and he did not make the final cut.[4]
On 20 October 2024, Aoyama announcement officially retirement from football after 21 years play in Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[5] [6]
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2004 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2007 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||||
| 2008 | J2 League | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 40 | 5 | |||||
| 2009 | J1 League | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 4 | ||||
| 2010 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 2 | |||||
| 2012 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 2 | |||||
| 2013 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4 | |||
| 2014 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 2016 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | |||||
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | |||||
| 2021 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 479 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 592 | 32 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aoyama goal.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan
Individual
2015
2012, 2013, 2015