Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 March 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | TEPCO Mareeze | 88 | (44) |
2010 | Philadelphia Independence | 4 | (0) |
2010–2011 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 6 | (1) |
2012– | Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki | ||
National team‡ | |||
2002 | Japan U-19 | ||
2002– | Japan | 76 | (14) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2013 |
Karina Maruyama (丸山 桂里奈 Maruyama Karina?, born 26 March 1983) is a Japanese footballer from Tokyo. In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, Maruyama scored the only goal of the game, defeating the host country and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament.
Maruyama played for Japan in the 2004 Olympics, the 2008 Olympics and the 2012 Olympics where Japan won the silver medal.