Reiji Hirata

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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]

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