Yayoi Kobayashi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yayoi Kobayashi | ||
| Date of birth | September 18, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tama, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2014 | Nippon TV Beleza | 223 | (50) |
| Total | 223 | (50) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2004 | Japan | 54 | (12) |
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Honours | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Yayoi Kobayashi (小林 弥生, Kobayashi Yayoi, born September 18, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.
Club career[]
Kobayashi was born in Tama on September 18, 1981. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1997 to 2014. In her 18 seasons, she played 223 matches in L.League. The club won L.League championship 8 times and 2nd position 10 times. She also became top scorer in 2000 season and she was selected Best Eleven in 2000 and 2001.
National team career[]
On March 24, 1999, when Kobayashi was 17 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against France. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 2001, 2003 AFC Championship and 2002 Asian Games. She played 54 games and scored 12 goals for Japan until 2004.[1]
National team statistics[]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1999 | 8 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1 |
| 2003 | 14 | 6 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 54 | 12 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
External links[]
- Yayoi Kobayashi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Yayoi Kobayashi at Soccerway
- Yayoi Kobayashi at WorldFootball.net
- Yayoi Kobayashi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Tama, Tokyo
- Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Women's association football midfielders
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
- Japanese football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs