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Karina Maruyama

Karina Maruyama
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Personal information
Date of birth (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
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)
* 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.



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