Summary
Karina Maruyama (丸山 桂里奈, Maruyama Karina, born 26 March 1983) is a Japanese tarento and former football player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency Horipro.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karina Maruyama[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Ota, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Murata Women's High School | ||
| 2001–2004 | Nippon Sport Science University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | TEPCO Mareeze | 86 | (44) |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Independence | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | JEF United Chiba | 14 | (2) |
| 2012–2016 | Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki | 96 | (13) |
| Total | 200 | (59) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2014 | Japan | 79 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Maruyama was born in Ota, Tokyo on 26 March 1983.
After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2005 and was assigned to the section of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.[2][3]
Maruyama was selected as the L. League's Best Young Player for the 2005 season. She played in the L. League until the 2009 season. She left the league in 2010 to play for the Philadelphia Independence in the United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki). She retired at the end of the 2016 season.
National team career edit
In August 2002, Maruyama was selected to the Japan U-20 national team to play in the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[4] In October, she was picked in the Japan national team for the 2002 Asian Games. At this competition, on 2 October, she debuted against North Korea.[5] She played in the World Cup twice (2003 and 2011) and the Summer Olympics thrice (2004, 2008 and 2012). At the 2011 World Cup in Germany, she scored the only goal of the game, defeating the host country and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament.[6] She played as a substitute in the final as Japan defeated the United States.[7] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal. She played 79 games and scored 14 goals for Japan until retiring in 2014.
National team statistics edit
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 12 | 6 |
| 2004 | 11 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 17 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 14 |
National team goals edit
Honors edit
- Champion (1): 2011
- Champion (1): 2008
References edit
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "【特別版】丸山桂里奈、福島復興とともに復活五輪へ/五輪なでしこプレミアム/デイリースポーツ online". www.daily.co.jp. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "なでしこ丸山、東電時代を語る". ライブドアニュース. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ FIFA
- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ Germany 0:1 Japan a.e.t. FIFA
- ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links edit
- Karina Maruyama – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Karina Maruyama at Soccerway
- Karina Maruyama at WorldFootball.net
- Karina Maruyama at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official Profile at Horipro
- Karina Maruyama on Twitter
- Karina Maruyama on Instagram
