Nanase Kiryu

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Nanase Kiryu
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Kanagawa, Japan
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sky Blue FC
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–07 FC Komazawa
2007-2013 NTV Beleza 127 (40)
2014– Sky Blue FC 16 (0)
International career‡
2010– Japan 6
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2014

Nanase Kiryu (木龍 七瀬 Kiryū Nanase?, born October 31, 1989) is a professional association football player who played forward for the Japan women's national football team. She signed with Sky Blue FC for the 2014 NWSL season.[1]

Playing career

Club

FC Komazawa

Kiryu played for FC Komazawa from 2002 to 2007. During the 2007 season, she was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) and was the team's top scorer.[2]

NTV Beleza

Kiryu played for NTV Beleza in Japan's first-division Nadeshiko League. During her career with the team, she scored 40 goals in her 127 appearances. After getting signed with Sky Blue FC she went on a loan back to NTV Beleza and will return at the beginning of the 2015 season.[2]

Sky Blue FC

In February 2014, Kiryu signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.[3]

International

Kiryu made her debut for the Japan women's national football team in 2010 during the Bicentennial Women’s Cup in Chile.[2] She competed for Japan at the 2010 Asian Cup and 2012 Algarve Cup.[2] In 2014, she was called up for the 2014 Algarve Cup.[4]

Honors and awards

Individual

  • Nadeshiko League Best XI: 2013

Club

  • Nadeshiko League Division 1 League Champions: 2008, 2010
  • Nadeshiko League Division 1 League Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Empress's Cup: 2008, 2009
  • Nadeshiko League Cup: 2007, 2010, 2012
  • Japan/Korea Women's League Championship: 2011

References

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External links

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