Akari Kurishima

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Akari Kurishima
Personal information
Full name Akari Kurishima[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
Urawa Reds
Number 6
Youth career
Urawa Reds[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Urawa Reds 18 (1)
National team
2013 Japan U19 1 (1)
2019 Japan 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2019.[5]
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 December 2019.[4]

Akari Kurishima (栗島 朱里, Kurishima Akari, born September 14, 1994) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Kurishima was born in Chiba Prefecture on September 14, 1994. In 2011, she joined Nadeshiko League club Urawa Reds from their youth team.

In December 2019, Kurishima was selected the Japan national team for EAFF E-1 Championship. At this tournament, on December 11, she debuted against Chinese Taipei.

Statistics[change | change source]

[6]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2019 1 0
Total 1 0

References[change | change source]

  1. "KURISHIMA AKARI". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "MF 栗島 朱里". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "6 MF 栗島 朱里". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. Akari Kurishima at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. "Akari Kurishima". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. List of match in 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites[change | change source]