Karina Maruyama

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Karina Maruyama
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Maruyama playing for Japan
Personal information
Full nameKarina Maruyama
Date of birth (1983-03-26) March 26, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birthOta, Tokyo, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
1998–2000Murata Women's High School
2001–2004Nippon Sport Science University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009TEPCO Mareeze86(44)
2010Philadelphia Independence4(0)
2010–2011JEF United Chiba14(2)
2012–2016Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki96(13)
Total200(59)
National team
2002Japan U-204(0)
2002–2014Japan79(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Maruyama was born in Ota, Tokyo on 26 March 1983. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2005 and was assigned to the section of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2005 season. She played for the club until 2009 season, in 2010 she went to United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki). She retired at the end of the 2016 season.

In August 2002, Maruyama was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship. In October, she was selected the Japan national team for 2002 Asian Games. At this competition, on 2 October, she debuted against North Korea. She played in World Cup 2 times (2003 and 2011) and Summer Olympics 3 times (2004, 2008 and 2012). In the 2011 World Cup in Germany, she scored the only goal of the game, defeating the host country and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament. She played as a substitute in the final as Japan defeated the United States. At 2012 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal. She played 79 games and scored 14 goals for Japan until 2014.

Personal life

In September 2020, Maruyama married a former footballer Kenji Honnami. Honnami was a manager of Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki when Maruyama played for the club from 2012 to 2016.[1]

Statistics

[2][3]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2002 5 0
2003 12 6
2004 11 3
2005 3 0
2006 9 1
2007 1 0
2008 17 3
2009 2 0
2010 0 0
2011 8 1
2012 5 0
2013 4 0
2014 2 0
Total 79 14

Karina Maruyama Media

References

  1. sanspo.com(in Japanese)
  2. Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  3. List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

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