Hana Takahashi

Hana Takahashi
	Takahashi with Japan in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	19 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	7
Youth career
	Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–	Urawa Reds
International career‡
2013	Japan U14
2015	Japan U16
2016	Japan U17
2017–2019	Japan U19
2018	Japan U20
2019–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:36, 1 August 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:36, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hana Takahashi^[3] (高橋はな, Takahashi Hana, born 19 February 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club Urawa Reds Ladies and the Japan women's national team.^{[citation needed]}

International career

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[4] She made her first World Cup appearance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Round 3 match victory against Spain.

As of match played 23 September 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	9	1
	2023	5	1
Total		18	2

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Takahashi goal.

List of international goals scored by Hana Takahashi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 June 2022	Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland	Finland	3–1	5–1	Friendly
2.	23 September 2023	Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan	Argentina	3–0	8–0	Friendly
3.	28 February 2024	Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	North Korea	1–0	2–1	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies

Japan U20

Japan

Individual

^ ^a ^b "DF 高橋はな". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "7 DF 高橋はな". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "TAKAHASHI HANA". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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