Mai Nakachi

Mai Nakachi
中地舞
Personal information
Full name	Mai Nakachi
Date of birth	December 16, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Chiba, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1996	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2010	Nippon TV Beleza
Total
International career
1997–2008	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mai Nakachi (中地舞, Nakachi Mai, born December 16, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Nakachi was born in Chiba Prefecture on December 16, 1980. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1997 to 2010. She was selected Best Young Player award in 1997 season. She played 187 matches in L.League and she was selected Best Eleven 4 times (2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006). The club won L.League championship 8 times.

National team career

In December 1997, when Nakachi was 16 years old, she was selected Japan national team for 1997 AFC Championship. At this competition, on December 5, she debuted against Guam. She played at 1998, 2002 Asian Games, 2001 and 2003 AFC Championship. She was also a member of Japan for 1999 and 2003 World Cup. She played 30 games for Japan until 2008.^[1]

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	2	0
1998	5	0
1999	3	0
2000	1	0
2001	8	0
2002	5	0
2003	5	0
2004	0	0
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	0	0
2008	1	0
Total	30	0

References

^ ^a ^b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

Mai Nakachi – FIFA competition record (archived)
Mai Nakachi at Soccerway
Mai Nakachi at WorldFootball.net

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[JFA-1] Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

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