Yukari Kinga

Yukari Kinga
	Kinga at the 2011 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Yukari Kinga
Date of birth	May 2, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Youth career
2000–2002	Shonan Gakuin High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2010	Nippon TV Beleza
2011–2013	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2014	Arsenal
2015–2016	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2016–2017	Canberra United
2017–2019	Melbourne City
2019	Orca Kamogawa FC
2019–2020	Melbourne City
2020	Orca Kamogawa FC
2021–	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
National team
2002	Japan U-20
2005–2016	Japan
Honours
Nippon TV Beleza
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Yukari Kinga (近賀ゆかり, Kinga Yukari, born May 2, 1984) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Kinga was born in Yokohama on May 2, 1984. After graduating from Shonan Gakuin High School, she joined Nippon TV Beleza in 2003. She was playing as attacking midfielder and right-winger. In 2003 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. From 2007, she was converted to right-sideback. The club won Nadeshiko League championship 5 times. In 2011, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa with international player Homare Sawa, Shinobu Ohno and Chiaki Minamiyama for due to financial strain at the club. At INAC Kobe Leonessa, the club won Nadeshiko League championship for 3 years in a row (2011–2013). She was selected Best Eleven for 6 years in a row (2007–2012). In 2014, she moved to Arsenal. She re-signed with INAC Kobe Leonessa in early 2015. From 2016, she played for Canberra United, Melbourne City and Orca Kamogawa FC. In 2021, she signed with new club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina.^[1]

In August 2002, Kinga was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. On March 29, 2005, she debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. She was playing as attacking midfielder and right-winger. From 2007, she was converted to right-back by manager Hiroshi Ohashi and she became a regular player. Japan won the 2011 World Cup in which Kinga played in the final, came second in the 2015 World Cup and gained a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played 100 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nippon TV 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
INAC Kobe Leonessa	Total	16	1	4	0	-		20	1
Career total		162	31	33	11	8	2	203	44

↑ Sanfrecce Hiroshima(in Japanese)
↑ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
↑ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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