Hiromi Hara (原 博実, Hara Hiromi, born October 19, 1958 in Tochigi prefecture, Japan) is a retired Japanese football player. He currently serves as technical director for the Japanese national football team.
After graduating from Waseda University in 1981, Hara joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F.C. (later to be Urawa Red Diamonds) as a forward.
Between 1978 and 1988 Hara played 75 games for the Japanese national football team, scoring 32 goals. H...
More
Hiromi Hara (原 博実, Hara Hiromi, born October 19, 1958 in Tochigi prefecture, Japan) is a retired Japanese football player. He currently serves as technical director for the Japanese national football team.
After graduating from Waseda University in 1981, Hara joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F.C. (later to be Urawa Red Diamonds) as a forward.
Between 1978 and 1988 Hara played 75 games for the Japanese national football team, scoring 32 goals. Hara was known for his headers and was aptly nicknamed the "Asian Nuclear Warhead".
Hara retired from football in 1992 and began his new career as the coach of the Youth Team of his old club, which had been renamed by this point as Urawa Red Diamonds. In 1998 Hara became the manager of Urawa's top squad. Initially he saw success, with the team achieving a 3rd place finish for J.League's second stage in 1998. However, during J.Legue's first stage of 1999, the team finished 13th in the standings and Hara was released.
Following his release from...
Less
