Ayaka Yamashita
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| Full name | Ayaka Yamashita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 29, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Adachi, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | INAC Kobe Leonessa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Murata Women's High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 109 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | INAC Kobe Leonessa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Japan | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ayaka Yamashita (山下 杏也加, Yamashita Ayaka, born September 29, 1995) is a Japanese football player. She plays for the Japan national team.
Biography
[change | change source]Yamashita was born in Adachi, Tokyo on September 29, 1995. After graduating from Murata Women's High School, she joined Nippon TV Beleza (later Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) in 2014. The club won Nadeshiko League championship and she was selected Best Eleven for 5 years in a row from 2015 to 2019. In 2021, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa.
In August 2015, when Yamashita was 19 years old, she was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this competition, on August 4, she debuted against South Korea. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She also played at 2018 Asian Games and Japan won the championship. In 2019, she was selected Japan for 2019 World Cup.
Statistics
[change | change source]| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 |
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Ayaka Yamashita at Soccerway.com
- Ayaka Yamashita at WorldFootball.net
- Ayaka Yamashita at Soccerbase.com
- Ayaka Yamashita at 11v11.com
- Ayaka Yamashita at FBref.com
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- INAC Kobe Leonessa players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- AFC Women's Asian Cup-winning players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games