Kanako Ito (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kanako Ito | ||
| Date of birth | July 20, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Nerima, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chifure AS Elfen Saitama | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2008 | Nippon TV Beleza | 113 | (46) |
| 2010–2012 | Nippon TV Beleza | 50 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | AS Elfen Saitama | 46 | (30) |
| 2015 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 20 | (0) |
| 2016 | Chifure AS Elfen Saitama | 17 | (5) |
| 2017 | Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama | 18 | (10) |
| 2018– | Chifure AS Elfen Saitama | 18 | (3) |
| Total | 282 | (107) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | Japan U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2012 | Japan | 13 | (3) |
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2018 | |||
Kanako Ito (伊藤 香菜子, Itō Kanako, born July 20, 1983) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for Japan national team.
Club career[]
Ito was born in Nerima, Tokyo on July 20, 1983. She joined NTV Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza) in 1999. She was selected Best Eleven in 2001 and 2002. End of 2008 season, she left the club, but in 2010, she came back and she played until 2012. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016), INAC Kobe Leonessa (2015) and Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018.
National team career[]
On August 5, 2001, when Ito was 18 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against China.[1] In 2002, she was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] She played 13 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2012.
National team statistics[]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 3 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ FIFA
- ^ List of match in 2012 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links[]
- Kanako Ito – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Asia University (Japan) alumni
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players
- INAC Kobe Leonessa players
- Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Japanese women's football biography stubs