Nanase Kiryu

Nanase Kiryu
木龍 七瀬
Personal information
Full name Nanase Kiryu
Date of birth (1989-10-31) October 31, 1989
Place of birth Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Okayama Yunogo Belle
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Nippon TV Beleza 94 (25)
2014 Sky Blue 16 (0)
2014–2015 Nippon TV Beleza 18 (2)
2016 Guangdong Haiyin
2017– Okayama Yunogo Belle
Total 128 (27)
National team
2010–2014 Japan 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nanase Kiryu (木龍 七瀬, Kiryū Nanase, born October 31, 1989) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Okayama Yunogo Belle. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kiryu was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on October 31, 1989. From 2007, she played for Nippon TV Beleza in Japan's first-division L.League. During her career with the team, she scored 25 goals in her 94 appearances. In February 2014, she signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League,[1] where she played for one season before returning to Beleza. In January 2016, Kiryu signed with Chinese Division 2 club Guangdong Haiyin, located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. In 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Okayama Yunogo Belle.

National team career

On January 13, 2010, Kiryu debuted for Japan national team against Denmark.[2] She was a member of Japan for 2014 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 16 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2014.

National team statistics

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201030
201100
201220
201310
2014103
Total163

Honors and awards

Individual

Club

References

  1. "Sky Blue FC lands Japanese international Kiryu". Soccer America Daily. February 18, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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