Nanase Kiryu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sky Blue FC | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–07 | FC Komazawa | ||
| 2007-2013 | NTV Beleza | 127 | (40) |
| 2014– | Sky Blue FC | 16 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Japan | 6 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Nanase Kiryu (木龍 七瀬 Kiryū Nanase, born October 31, 1989) is a professional association football player who plays forward for the Japan women's national football team. She signed with Sky Blue FC for the 2014 NWSL season.[1]
Playing career
Club
FC Komazawa
Kiryu played for FC Komazawa from 2002 to 2007. During the 2007 season, she was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) and was the team's top scorer.[2]
NTV Beleza
Kiryu played for NTV Beleza in Japan's first-division Nadeshiko League. During her career with the team, she scored 40 goals in her 127 appearances. After getting signed with Sky Blue FC she went on a loan back to NTV Beleza and will return at the beginning of the 2015 season.[2]
Sky Blue FC
In February 2014, Kiryu signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.[3]
International
Kiryu made her debut for the Japan women's national football team in 2010 during the Bicentennial Women’s Cup in Chile.[2] She competed for Japan at the 2010 Asian Cup and 2012 Algarve Cup.[2] In 2014, she was called up for the 2014 Algarve Cup.[4]
Honors and awards
Individual
- Nadeshiko League Best XI: 2013
Club
- Nadeshiko League Division 1 League Champions: 2008, 2010
- Nadeshiko League Division 1 League Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Empress's Cup: 2008, 2009
- Nadeshiko League Cup: 2007, 2010, 2012
- Japan/Korea Women's League Championship: 2011
References
- ↑ "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Sky Blue FC. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sky Blue FC lands Japanese international Kiryu". Soccer America Daily. February 18, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Nadeshiko Japan squad for Algrave Cup named". Japan Football Association. February 7, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
External links
- Nanase "Na-Na" Kiryu profile at National Women's Soccer League
- Nanase Kiryu profile at Sky Blue FC
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