Karina Maruyama

Karina Maruyama
Maruyama (right) in 2013
Personal information
Full name Karina Maruyama[1]
Date of birth (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 41)
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)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Germany
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Vietnam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Club career

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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

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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

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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
Karina Maruyama in 2020

National team goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 Mar 2003 Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand Unknown 0–9 Friendly Match
2. 11 Jun 2003 Bangkok, Thailand  Guam Unknown 7–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
3. 11 Jun 2003 Bangkok, Thailand  Guam Unknown 7–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
4. 13 Jun 2003 Bangkok, Thailand  Myanmar Unknown 7–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
5. 15 Jun 2003 Bangkok, Thailand  Chinese Taipei Unknown 5–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
6. 12 Jul 2003 Tokyo, Japan  Mexico 2–0 2–0 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-off
7. 18 Apr 2004 Tokyo, Japan  Vietnam Unknown 7–0 Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
8. 22 Apr 2004 Tokyo, Japan  Thailand Unknown 6–0 Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
9. 22 Apr 2004 Tokyo, Japan  Thailand Unknown 6–0 Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
10. 13 Nov 2006 Karlsruhe, Germany  Germany 3–6 3–6 Friendly Match
11. 31 May 2008 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  Chinese Taipei 0–6 0–11 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
12. 31 May 2008 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  Chinese Taipei 0–10 0–11 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
13. 24 Jul 2008 Kobe, Japan  Australia 3–0 3–0 Friendly Match
14. 9 Jul 2011 Wolfsburg, Germany  Germany 0–1 0–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honors

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Champion (1): 2011
Champion (1): 2008
Champion: 2014

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "【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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ FIFA
  5. ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  6. ^ Germany 0:1 Japan a.e.t. FIFA
  7. ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ^ List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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