Yukari Kinga

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|name=Yukari Kinga
近賀ゆかり

|image=Yukari Kinga in 2011.JPG

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|caption=Kinga playing for Japan in 2011

|fullname=Yukari Kinga

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|5|2}}

|birth_place=Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.61}}

|position=Defender

|currentclub=Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

|clubnumber=10

|youthyears1=2000–2002|youthclubs1=Shonan Gakuin High School

|years1=2003–2010|clubs1=Nippon TV Beleza|caps1=146|goals1=30

|years2=2011–2013|clubs2=INAC Kobe Leonessa|caps2=42|goals2=3

|years3=2014|clubs3=Arsenal|caps3=12|goals3=0

|years4=2015–2016|clubs4=INAC Kobe Leonessa|caps4=36|goals4=3

|years5=2016–2017|clubs5=Canberra United|caps5=13|goals5=3

|years6=2017–2019|clubs6=Melbourne City|caps6=31|goals6=6

|years7=2019|clubs7=Orca Kamogawa|caps7=18|goals7=2

|years8=2019–2020|clubs8=Melbourne City|caps8=9|goals8=1

|years9=2020|clubs9=Orca Kamogawa|caps9=0|goals9=0

|years10 = 2021-

|clubs10 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

|caps10 = 0

|goals10 = 0

|totalcaps=274|totalgoals=44

|nationalyears1=2002|nationalteam1=Japan U-20|nationalcaps1=4|nationalgoals1=0

|nationalyears2=2005–2016|nationalteam2=Japan|nationalcaps2=100|nationalgoals2=5

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|club-update=24 December 2019

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{{Nihongo|Yukari Kinga|近賀ゆかり|Kinga Yukari|born 2 May 1984}} is a Japanese football player. She plays as a defender for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. She previously played for the Japan women's national football team, winning a World Cup and an Olympic silver medal before her international retirement in 2016.

Club career

=In Japan until 2013=

Kinga was born in Yokohama on 2 May 1984. After graduating from high school, she joined Nippon TV Beleza in 2003 where she played as attacking midfielder and right-winger. In the 2003 season, she was given the Nadeshiko League's Best Young Player award. During her time at Nippon TV Beleza, the club won the Nadeshiko League championship 5 times. In 2011, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa with international players Homare Sawa, Shinobu Ohno and Chiaki Minamiyama due to financial strain at the club. At INAC Kobe Leonessa, the club won the Nadeshiko League championship for 3 years in a row (2011–2013). She was selected to the league's Best XI for 6 years in a row (2007–2012).

In January 2014, INAC's general manager revealed that Kinga had agreed to join English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/01/29/soccer/nadeshiko-japans-kawasumi-to-play-for-u-s-team/|title=Nadeshiko Japan's Kawasumi to play for U.S. team|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=29 January 2014}} and in February she officially signed the contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/club-signs-yukari-kinga-and-shinobu-ohno|title=Club signs Yukari Kinga and Shinobu Ohno|website=arsenal.com|publisher=Arsenal L.F.C.|access-date=6 July 2015|date=15 February 2014}} At Arsenal, Kinga helped propel the club to reach the final of the 2014 FA Women's Cup which they won in a 2–0 margin over Everton.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27628675|title=Women's FA Cup final: Arsenal beat Everton to retain trophy|work=BBC Sport}}

She re-signed with INAC Kobe in early 2015.{{cite web | url=http://shekicks.net/news/view/11094 | title=Kinga and Ohno return to INAC Kobe | publisher=shekicks.net | date=8 January 2015 | access-date=8 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108151126/http://shekicks.net/news/view/11094 | archive-date=8 January 2015 | url-status=dead}} In 2016, she began playing in the Australian W-League for Canberra United.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-japan-soccer-great-to-boost-wleague-title-hopes-20161005-grvaql.html|title=Canberra United Japan soccer great Yukari Kinga to boost W-League title hopes|first=Chris|last=Dutton|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 October 2016|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929021846/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-japan-soccer-great-to-boost-wleague-title-hopes-20161005-grvaql.html|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}} In October 2017, Kinga joined defending W-League champions Melbourne City.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/melbourne-city/melbourne-city-caps-off-wleague-signing-spree-with-international-duo-alanna-kennedy-and-yukari-kinga/news-story/87cb7e297931e160fe455e9072c13386|title=Melbourne City caps off W-League signing spree with international duo Alanna Kennedy and Yukari Kinga|first=David|last=Davutovic|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=25 October 2017}} In February 2019, she returned to Japan and joined Orca Kamogawa FC.[http://www.orcakamogawafc.com/news/news_410.html Orca Kamogawa FC]{{in lang|ja}} In October 2019, Kinga re-signed with Melbourne City.{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fc-re-signs-five-w-league-stars|title=Melbourne City FC re-signs three W-League stars|website=Melbourne City|date=30 October 2019}} In February 2020, it was announced that Kinga would re-sign with Orca Kamogawa at the end of the 2019–20 W-League season.{{cite web|url=http://www.orcakamogawafc.com/news/news_647.html|title=近賀ゆかり選手再加入のお知らせ|trans-title=Notice of re-signing of Yukari Kinga|language=ja|publisher=Orca Kamogawa|date=1 February 2020|access-date=24 December 2020|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416050214/http://www.orcakamogawafc.com/news/news_647.html|url-status=dead}}

National team career

In August 2002, Kinga was selected by the Japan U-20 women's national team for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190316/index.html |title=FIFA |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060229/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190316/index.html |archive-date=22 June 2018 |url-status=dead}} On 29 March 2005, she debuted for the Japan women's national team against Australia.[http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association]{{in lang|ja}} She was playing as an attacking midfielder and right-winger until 2007, when she was converted to rightback by manager Hiroshi Ohashi. After she converted her position, she became a regular player in the Japan national team. Japan won the 2011 World Cup in which Kinga played in the final,{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jul/17/usa-japan-live-world-cup-final |title=USA v Japan – as it happened |date=17 July 2011 |work=The Guardian|access-date=13 April 2020}} came second in the 2015 World Cup and earned a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played 100 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until her retirement in 2016.

Club statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="9"\|Nippon TV Beleza \|2003 \|20	6	4	4	colspan="2"
\|24	10
2004 \|14	7	4	1	colspan="2"
\|18	8
2005 \|18	6	5	2	colspan="2"
\|23	8
2006 \|14	2	3	3	colspan="2"
\|17	5
2007 \|21	3	4	0	2	1	27	4
2008 \|20	0	4	1	colspan="2"
\|24	1
2009 \|21	3	4	0	colspan="2"
\|25	3
2010 \|18	3	1	0	6	1	25	4
colspan="1"\|Total !146\|\|30\|\|29\|\|11\|\|8\|\|2\|\|183\|\|43
rowspan="4"\|INAC Kobe Leonessa \|2011 \|16	1	4	0	colspan="2"
\|20	1
2012 \|18	2	3	0	5	0	24	2
2013 \|8	0	4	2	5	0	17	2
colspan="1"\|Total !42\|\|3\|\|11\|\|2\|\|10\|\|0\|\|61\|\|5
colspan="2"\|Career total !188\|\|33\|\|40\|\|13\|\|18\|\|2\|\|244\|\|48

National team statistics

List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2011.html 2011], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2012.html 2012], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2013.html 2013], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2014.html 2014], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2015.html 2015], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2016.html 2016] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3\|Japan national team
2005	1	0
2006	2	0
2007	16	0
2008	18	1
2009	3	1
2010	15	2
2011	17	0
2012	15	1
2013	1	0
2014	4	0
2015	5	0
2016	3	0
Total\|\|100\|\|5

colspan="7"\|International goals
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 August 2008	Shanghai, China	{{fbw\|NOR}}	align="center"\| 1–1	align="center"\| 1–5	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2.	1 August 2009	Montargis, France	{{fbw\|FRA}}	align="center"\| 0–3	align="center"\| 0–4	Friendly Match
3.	6 February 2010	Chōfu, Japan	{{fbw\|CHN}}	align="center"\| 2–0	align="center"\| 2–0	2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
4.	8 May 2010	Matsumoto, Japan	{{fbw\|MEX}}	align="center"\| 1–0	align="center"\| 4–0	Friendly Match
5.	1 April 2012	Sendai, Japan	{{fbw\|USA}}	align="center"\| 1–0	align="center"\| 1–1	Kirin Challenge Cup

Honors

=International career=

;Japan

Summer Olympics: Silver Medal: 2012{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yukari-kinga/19385/|title=Y. KINGA

|website=Soccerway.com}}

FIFA Women's World Cup: Champion: 2011
Asian Games: Gold Medal: 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.es/futbol/yukari-kinga_prs281655/person.shtml|title=Yukari Kinga|website=Eurosport.com}}
East Asian Football Championship: Champions: 2008, 2010

=Club=

;Nippon TV Beleza{{cite web|url=http://www.w-league.com.au/article/canberra-united-secure-japanese-international-yukari-kinga/16wlwxfbcxmwnz27veg4v3vl6|title=Canberra United secure Japanese international|website=W-League.com.au|date=4 October 2016}}

L.League:Champion (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Nadeshiko League Cup: Champion (2): 2007, 2010
Empress's Cup: Champion (5): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

;INAC Kobe

L.League:Champion (3): 2011, 2012, 2013
Empress's Cup: Champion (3): 2011, 2012, 2013
Nadeshiko League Cup: Champion (1): 2012

;Arsenal

FA Women's Cup: Champion (1): 2014

;Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina{{cite web|title=Sanfrecce outlasts Albirex for WE League Cup title|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/10/14/soccer/we-league-cup-final-albirex-sanfrecce/|website=JapanTimes|date=14 October 2023}}

WE League Cup: Champion (1): 2023–24

=Individual=

L.League: Best 11 (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012{{cite web|url=http://amp.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-japan-soccer-great-to-boost-wleague-title-hopes-20161005-grvaql.html|title=Canberra United Japan soccer great Yukari Kinga to boost W-League title hopes|website=Canberra Times.com|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090009/http://amp.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-japan-soccer-great-to-boost-wleague-title-hopes-20161005-grvaql.html|url-status=dead}}
L.League: Best Young Player: 2003
Nadeshiko League Cup: MVP: 2007

References

External links

{{FIFA player|190316}}
{{Soccerway}}
{{WorldFootball.net}}
{{SR/Olympics profile}}
[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/nadeshikojapan_2016/member/kinga_yukari.html Japan Football Association]

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