Yukari Kinga

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 Midfielder
Club information
Current team	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003–2010	NTV Beleza	146	(30)
2011–2013	INAC Kobe Leonessa	42	(3)
2014	Arsenal	12	(0)
2015–	INAC Kobe Leonessa
National team^‡
2005–	Japan	94	(5)
Honours Olympic Games 2012 London Team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2014. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:06, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Yukari Kinga (近賀ゆかり Kinga Yukari, born 2 May 1984) is a Japanese international footballer currently playing as a defender for Japanese 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] and in February she officially signed the contract.^[4]

She resigned to INAC Kobe in early 2015.^[5]

Career statistics

Club career

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
		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 2014 3 0 Total 91 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: 2012

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion: 2011

• Football at the Asian Games

Gold Medal: 2010

• East Asian Football Championship

Champions: 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: 2007, 2010, 2013

Individual

• L. League

Best 11 (6): 2007–2012

Best Young Player: 2003

• L. League Cup

MVP: 2007(the First Cup)

References

1. "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. Yunaki Kinga FIFA
3. "Nadeshiko Japan’s Kawasumi to play for U.S. team". The Japan Times. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
4. "Club signs Yukari Kinga and Shinobu Ohno". arsenal.com. Arsenal L.F.C. 15 February 2014.
5. "Kinga and Ohno return to INAC Kobe". shekicks.net. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

External links

• Soccerway profile