Yukari Kinga

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Yukari Kinga

Personal information

Date of birth

2 May 1984

Place of birth

Yokohama, Japan

Height

161 cm (5 ft 3 in)^[1]

Playing position

Defender

Club information

Current club

INAC Kobe Leonessa

Number

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2003–2010

NTV Beleza

146

(30)

2011–

INAC Kobe Leonessa

(1)

National team^‡

2005–

Japan

(5)

Honours

Olympic Games
Silver	2012 London	Team
Asian Games
Gold	2010 Guangzhou	Team

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 August 2012

Yukari Kinga (近賀ゆかり, Kinga Yukari, born 2 May 1984) is a Japanese international footballer currently playing as a defender for L. League club INAC Kobe Leonessa. She has played in the 2007 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cups.^[2]

In January 2014, INAC's general manager revealed that Kinga had agreed to join English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies.^[3]

Career statistics

Club career

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NTV Beleza	2003	20	6	4	4	-		24	10
	2004	14	7	4	1	-		18	8
	2005	18	6	5	2	-		23	8
	2006	14	2	3	3	-		17	5
	2007	21	3	4	0	2	1	27	4
	2008	20	0	4	1	-		24	1
	2009	21	3	4	0	-		25	3
	2010	18	3	1	0	6	1	25	4
	Total	146	30	29	11	8	2	183	43
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2011	16	1	4	0	-		20	1
	2012	18	2	3	0	5	0	24	2
	2013	8	0	4	2	5	0	17	2
	Total	42	3	11	2	10	0	61	5
Career total		188	33	40	13	18	2	244	48

International career

As of 9 August 2012

National team	Year	Apps	!Goals
Japan	2005	1	0
	2006	2	0
	2007	16	0
	2008	19	1
	2009	3	1
	2010	15	2
	2011	16	0
	2012	15	1
2013	1	0
Total		88	5

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 August 2008	Shanghai, China	Norway	1–1	1–5	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2.	1 August 2009	Montargis, France	France	0–3	0–4	Friendly Match
3.	6 February 2010	Chōfu, Japan	China PR	2–0	2–0	2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
4.	8 May 2010	Matsumoto, Japan	Mexico	1–0	4–0	Friendly Match
5.	1 April 2012	Sendai, Japan	United States	1–0	1–1	Kirin Challenge Cup

Honors

Japan national team

Olympic

Silver Medal (1): 2012

FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion (1): 2011

Football at the Asian Games

Gold Medal (1): 2010

East Asian Football Championship

Champions (2): 2008, 2010

Club team

L. League

Champion (8): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

All Japan Women's Football Championship

Champion (8): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

L. League Cup

Champion (3): 2007, 2010, 2013

Individual

L. League

Best 11 (6): 2007–2012

Best Young Player: 2003

L. League Cup
Best Player: 2007

References

↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ Yunaki Kinga FIFA
↑ "Nadeshiko Japan’s Kawasumi to play for U.S. team". The Japan Times. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

v t e INAC Leonessa – current squad

1 Kaihori 2 Kinga 3 Becky 5 Kai 6 Minamiyama 7 Nakajima 8 Sawa 9 Kawasumi (c) 10 Ji So-Yun 11 Takase 13 Nakada 14 Kyōkawa 15 Isogane 16 Shimizu 17 Goebel-Yanez 18 Takenaka 19 Michigami 20 Y. Tanaka 21 Watanabe 22 Yamada 23 Hirano 24 Imai Manager: Ishihara

Japan Squad

v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Fukomoto 2 Isozaki (c) 3 Kinga 4 Yano 5 Yanagita 6 Hara 7 Miyamoto 8 Sakai 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamago 13 Ando 14 Toyoda 15 Iwashimizu 16 Miyama 17 Nagasato 18 Ohno 19 Sakaguchi 20 Utsugi 21 Amano Coach: Ohashi

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (c) 4 Iwashimizu 5 Yanagita 6 Kato 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Maruyama 13 Hara 14 Yano 15 Sakaguchi 16 Utsugi 17 Nagasato 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

v t e Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions

1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yano 13 Maruyama 14 Tanaka 15 Takase 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

Persondata
Name	Kinga, Yukari
Alternative names	近賀ゆかり (Japanese)
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	2 May 1984
Place of birth	Yokohama, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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