Kana Kitahara
 Kitahara at the 2015 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kana Kitahara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 17, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mynavi Vegalta Sendai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Fujieda Junshin High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Kanto Gakuen University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Albirex Niigata | 93 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Mynavi Vegalta Sendai | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 138 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Japan | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kana Kitahara (北原 佳奈, Kitahara Kana, born December 17, 1988) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Mynavi Vegalta Sendai. She played for Japan national team.
Club career
Kitahara was born in Fujieda on December 17, 1988. After graduating from Kanto Gakuen University, she joined Albirex Niigata in 2011. She played 93 games in L.League. In 2016, she moved to Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.[1]
National team career
On September 22, 2013, Kitahara debuted for Japan national team against Nigeria. In 2014, she played at 2014 Asian Games and Japan won 2nd place. She was also a member for 2015 World Cup which Japan won 2nd place.[2] She played 9 games for Japan until 2015.
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
References
- ^ Mynavi Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
- ^ FIFA
- ^ List of match in 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
- Kana Kitahara – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kana Kitahara at Soccerway
- Kana Kitahara at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
- Fox Soccer profile
- Eurosport profile
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Kanto Gakuen University alumni
- Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Albirex Niigata Ladies players
- Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football defenders
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Universiade silver medalists for Japan
- Universiade medalists in football
- People from Fujieda, Shizuoka
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
- Japanese football defender, 1980s birth stubs