Ayako Kitamoto

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北本綾子

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|birth_place=Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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|position=Forward

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|youthyears2=2002–2003|youthclubs2=Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education

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|nationalyears2=2004–2010|nationalteam2=Japan|nationalcaps2=17|nationalgoals2=4

|manageryears1=2014–2017|managerclubs1=Orca Kamogawa FC

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{{Nihongo|Ayako Kitamoto|北本綾子|Kitamoto Ayako|born June 22, 1983}} is a former Japanese football player and manager. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kitamoto was born in Sapporo on June 22, 1983. After graduating from Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education, she played for the Urawa Reds from 2004 to 2010. She was selected for the Best Eleven in 2009. She retired at the end of the 2010 season. In 2014, she came back as playing manager at a new club, the Orca Kamogawa FC. She stayed with the team until the 2015 season.

National team career

In August 2002, Kitamoto was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151009092335/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190319/index.html FIFA] On June 6, 2004, she debuted for the Japan national team against the United States.[http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association]{{in lang|ja}} She played 17 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2010.

Coaching career

In 2014, Kitamoto became playing manager for new club Orca Kamogawa FC. She retired as player in 2015 and she resigned as manager in 2017.

National team statistics

List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3\|Japan national team
2004	2	3
2005	4	0
2006	0	0
2007	1	0
2008	2	0
2009	3	0
2010	5	1
Total\|\|17\|\|4

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
4.	14 November 2010	Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	{{fbw\|THA}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 4–0	2010 Asian Games

References

External links

{{FIFA player|190319}}
{{WorldFootball.net}}
[http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/clubinfo/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E7%8F%BE%E5%BD%B9%E5%BC%95%E9%80%80%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/ Urawa Reds]{{in lang|ja}}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education alumni

Category:Japanese women's footballers

Category:Japan women's international footballers

Category:Nadeshiko League players

Category:Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players

Category:Orca Kamogawa FC players

Category:Japanese women's football managers

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Category:Asian Games medalists in football

Category:Women's association football forwards

Category:Association football people from Sapporo

Category:Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games

Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen