Kumi Yokoyama

Kumi Yokoyama
横山 久美
Personal information
Full name Kumi Yokoyama
Date of birth (1993-08-13) August 13, 1993
Place of birth Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Frankfurt
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Okayama Yunogo Belle 31 (3)
2014–2017 AC Nagano Parceiro 74 (87)
2017– Frankfurt
Total 105 (90)
National team‡
2010 Japan U-17 6 (6)
2012 Japan U-20 6 (1)
2015– Japan 24 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 1, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2018

Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born August 13, 1993) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Frankfurt and Japan national team.

Club career

Yokoyama was born in Tama on August 13, 1993. After graduating from high school, she joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, she moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. She became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, she was elected Best Eleven. In July 2017, she moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt.[1]

National team career

In 2010, Yokoyama was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. She played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place.[2] She received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards [3] nominations for her winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.[4] In 2012 She was also a member of Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won 3rd place.[2] In March 2015, she was elected Japan national team for 2015 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on March 6, she debuted and scored a goal against Portugal. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup. She scored 4 goals include 2 goals at semifinal and a goal at final, and Japan won the championship.

Club statistics

As of June 24, 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jumonji HS 2011 --22-22
Total 00220022
Okayama Yunogo Belle 2012 1st1310030161
2013 18230102314
Total 31330132475
AC Nagano Parceiro 2014 3rd2130--2130
2015 2nd2535-222737
2016 1st181669322727
2017 10624001210
Total 74878135487104
Career total 105901315186136111

National team statistics

As of December 31, 2018[5]

Honors

Team
Champion (1) : 2011
Individual

References

  1. ↑ AC Nagano Parceiro(in Japanese)
  2. 1 2 Statistics in FIFA's website
  3. ↑ Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010. FIFA
  4. ↑ Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca
  5. ↑ List of match in 2015, 2016, 2017 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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