Ayumi Kaihori
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 September 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | INAC Kobe Leonessa | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Speranza Takatsuki | 58 | (0) |
2008-2015 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 76 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2015 | Japan | 53 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:01, 16 April 2016 (UTC) |
Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, Kaihori Ayumi, born 4 September 1986) is a former Japanese international footballer.[2][3]
She was Japan's goalkeeper in the 2011 World Cup Final, where she saved two penalties in the shoot-out which saw Japan defeat the US by winning 3-1.[4]
She was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, playing in one game, vs South Africa, which saw Kaihori keep a clean sheet.[5]
References
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Ayumi Kaihori – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ FIFA.com (2016-01-15). "Kaihori calls it a day". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ Sport, Saj Chowdhury BBC. "Women's World Cup final: Japan beat USA on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ "Ayumi Kaihori Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Living people
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in football
- INAC Kobe Leonessa players
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
- Japan Women's Football League players
- Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki players
- Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture
- Association football goalkeepers
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games