Emi Yamamoto
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Full name | Emi Yamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 March 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Miura, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chifure AS Elfen Saitama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Shonan Women's High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2008 | Tasaki Perule FC | 145 | (62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2020 | Yokohama FC Seagulls | 52+ | (6+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021- | Chifure AS Elfen Saitama | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 197+ | (68+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Japan | 22 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emi Yamamoto (山本 絵美, Yamamoto Emi, born 9 March 1982) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for the Japan national team.
Club career
[edit]Yamamoto was born in Miura on 9 March 1982. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 2000. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2000 season. The club won L.League championship in 2003 and 2nd position 4 times. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. From 2009, she went to the United States and Italy. In 2014, she returned to Japan and joined Yokohama FC Seagulls (later NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls).
National team career
[edit]On 12 January 2003, Yamamoto debuted in the Japan national team against the United States. She played at the 2003 AFC Championship. She was also a team member for Japan at the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She played 22 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2004.[1]
National team statistics
[edit]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2003 | 14 | 1 |
2004 | 8 | 3 |
Total | 22 | 4 |
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 20 September 2003 | Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States | Argentina | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup |
2. | 20 August 2004 | Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | United States | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Emi Yamamoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Emi Yamamoto at Soccerway
- Emi Yamamoto at WorldFootball.net
- Emi Yamamoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Scoresway
- ussoccer.com
- Japan Times
- Japan Times
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Miura, Kanagawa
- Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Tasaki Perule FC players
- Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football midfielders
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
- Japanese football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs