Kiko Seike
{{short description|Japanese footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Eastern name order|Seike Kiko}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kiko Seike
清家 貴子
| fullname =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|8|8|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/member/seike_kiko.html|title=DF 清家 貴子|language=ja|website=Japan Football Association|accessdate=23 November 2020}}
| position = Forward,{{Cite web|url=https://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/ladies/player_detail/?pid=160|title=11 FW 清家 貴子|language=ja|website=Urawa Reds Ladies|accessdate=23 November 2020|archive-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201030958/https://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/ladies/player_detail/?pid=160|url-status=live}} Midfielder, Defender
| currentclub = Brighton & Hove Albion
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Urawa Reds
| years1 = 2014–2024
| clubs1 = Urawa Reds
| caps1 = 168
| goals1 = 59
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Brighton & Hove Albion
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Japan U19
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = Japan
| nationalcaps2 = 29
| nationalgoals2 = 7
| pcupdate = 19 April 2025
| ntupdate = 18 April 2025
}}
{{Nihongo|Kiko Seike{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/player/95613|title=SEIKE KIKO|website=AFC|accessdate=23 November 2020}}|清家 貴子|Seike Kiko{{refn|{{IPA|ja|seːke takiko|lang}}}}|born 8 August 1996}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team.
Club career
On 4 July 2024, Seike signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms.{{cite web |title=Kiko Seike joins Albion |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/4050544/kiko-seike-joins-albion |website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=Brighton sign Japan striker Kiko Seike |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c8497epwwp5o |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704131342/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c8497epwwp5o |url-status=live }} She made her competitive debut for the club in a 4–0 league match win against Everton on 21 September 2024, where she scored a hat-trick.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=Japan star Kiko Seike makes history in Women's Super League debut {{!}} Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/womens-super-league/news/japan-star-kiko-seike-makes-history-womens-super-league-debut/a8637dc570ac5706f5350da8 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-us}} She became the first player in Women's Super League history to score a hat-trick on her debut in the competition.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-21 |title=Kiko Seike: Brighton star's perfect WSL debut with hat-trick |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cr4x6k5x9dqo |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922100634/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cr4x6k5x9dqo |url-status=live }} She won the Women's Super League player of the month and the PFA WSL fans player of the month for September 2024.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Heather |title=Kiko Seike wins WSL Player of the Month |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/media-article/wft-news-kiko-seike-wins-wsl-player-of-the-month-october-2024 |website=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=10 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=Charlie |title=Kiko Seike wins Fans' PFA Player of the Month |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/media-article/wft-club-news-kiko-seike-wins-fans-pfa-player-of-the-month-october-2024 |website=Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=15 October 2024}}
International career
Seike was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the match against Canada in October 2019, but she remained an unused substitute.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-24 |title=カナダと親善試合行うなでしこ、浦和LのDF清家貴子を追加招集 |url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?285956-285956-fl |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=ゲキサカ |language=ja |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602002833/https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?285956-285956-fl |url-status=live }} She was called up again for the senior side for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship that same year. She would make her competitive debut for the national team on 11 December 2019 against Chinese Taipei, scoring her maiden senior side goal in the same match.{{Cite web |title=なでしこ９発大勝発進、新戦力清家ら３人代表初得点 - 日本代表 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/japan/news/201912110000709.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}
On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.{{Cite news |title=Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65883486 |access-date=2023-06-20 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613201337/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65883486 |url-status=live }}
On 14 June 2024, Seike was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/news/00034044/|title=Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) squad & schedule - MS&AD Cup 2024: Noto Peninsula Earthquake Reconstruction Support Match "Ganbarou Noto" / Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (Paris 2024)|publisher=Japan Football Association (JFA)|website=jfa.jp|date=14 June 2024}}
Seike was part of the Japan squad that won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=United States vs Japan: Japan wins SheBelieves Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cx2xy4v29x5t |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=BBC Sport |language= |archive-date=27 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227093641/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cx2xy4v29x5t |url-status=live }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 19 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=日程・結果 |url=https://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/redsladies/gameresult/ |website=Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=Japanese |archive-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112232405/https://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/redsladies/gameresult/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Japan - K. Seike - Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/kiko-seike/637693/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=13 July 2024 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328120259/https://int.soccerway.com/players/kiko-seike/637693/ |url-status=live }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Empress's Cup, Women's FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Nadeshiko League Cup, WE League Cup, FA Women's League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|AFC Women's Club Championship}} !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="11" |Urawa Reds
|2014 |24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 28 | 11 | |||
| 2015
|Nadeshiko League |20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2016
|Nadeshiko League |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2017
|Nadeshiko League |9 |0 |2 |1 |9 |0 | colspan="2" |— |20 |1 | ||||||||||
| 2018
|Nadeshiko League |16 |2 |1 |0 |6 |2 | colspan="2" |— |23 |4 | ||||||||||
| 2019
|Nadeshiko League |18 |4 |5 |3 |9 |1 | colspan="2" |— |32 |8 | ||||||||||
| 2020
|Nadeshiko League |17 |1 |5 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |22 |2 | ||||||||||
| 2021–22
|20 |3 |4 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |24 |4 | ||||||||||
| 2022–23
|WE League |20 |12 |1 |0 |6 |2 | colspan="2" |— |27 |14 | ||||||||||
| 2023–24
|WE League |22 |20 |4 |1 |4 |1 |4 |7 |34 |29 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!168 | 59 | 26 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 332 | 82 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion
|15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 18 | 5 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!183 | 64 | 26 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 350 | 87 |
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= International =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" |Japan
|2019 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2024
|6 |1 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total | 22 | 7 |
:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seike goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Kiko Seike |
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1
|11 December 2019 |Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea |{{fbw|TPE}} |style="text-align:center"|7–0 |style="text-align:center"|9–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|23 July 2022 |Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan |{{fbw|TPE}} |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |style="text-align:center"|4–1 |
| style="text-align:center"|3
|22 February 2023 |Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States |{{fbw|CAN}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|3–0 |
| align=center|4
|rowspan="2"|23 September 2023 |rowspan="2"|Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan |rowspan="2"|{{fbw|ARG}} |style="text-align:center"|5–0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|8–0 |rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| style="text-align:center"|5
|style="text-align:center"|8–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|6
|26 October 2023 |Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |{{fbw|IND}} |style="text-align:center"|6–0 |style="text-align:center"|7–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|7
|6 April 2024 |Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States |{{fbw|USA}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |
Honours
Urawa Red Diamonds
- WE League: 2022–23, 2023–24{{Cite news |date=8 June 2024 |title=Football: Top-scorer Kiko Seike named WE League MVP |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240608/p2g/00m/0sp/002000c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609071841/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240608/p2g/00m/0sp/002000c |archive-date=9 June 2024 |access-date=17 June 2024 |work=Mainichi Daily News |publisher=The Mainichi}}
Japan
Individual
- AFC Women's Footballer of the Year: 2023
- WE League Most Valuable Player Award: 2023–24
- WE League top scorer: 2023–24
- WSL Player of the Month: September 2024{{Cite web |last=Cookson |first=Charlotte |date=2024-10-10 |title=Barclays Women's Super League September player, manager and goal of the month announced |url=https://womensleagues.thefa.com/barclays-womens-super-league-september-player-manager-and-goal-of-the-month-announced/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Womens Leagues and Competitions |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{soccerway|kiko-seike/637693}}
{{Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. squad}}
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