Naoko Kawakami
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Naoko Kawakami | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Akashi, Hyogo | ||
Position(s) | Fullback | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990-2004 | Tasaki Perule F.C. | 169 | (22) |
2005-2006 | NTV Beleza | 38 | (2) |
International career | |||
2001–2005 | Japan | 48 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Naoko Kawakami (川上 直子 Kawakami Naoko?, born 16 November 1977 in Akashi, Hyogo) is a retired Japanese football defender and midfielder who played for the Japanese national team. She has since been a broadcast commentator.
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Player career
Club career
Kawakami previously played midfielder for L. League side Tasaki Perule F.C.. However, when she entered the national selection, she became a right back. After success at this position, she remained a defender when she transferred to NTV Bereza. She had a lot of success with her two clubs, winning one league title with her first club in 2003 and three Empress's Cups, and two other titles with her second one.
International career
She made her debut with the national selection in 2001 and became a regular left back, beginning all games in the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Olympic Games.[1]
After retirement
After retiring from international football in 2005 and from football the following year, she became a commentator for NBS at the 2007 World Cup qualification round. She then commented the final tournament for Fuji TV. In 2011, she was commentator for NHK during the Women's World Cup tournament, including when the Japan national women's team won the world title.
Achievements
Individual
5 times in the best eleven: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Club
Tasaki Perule FC
- 1 league championship title: 2003 (runners-up in 2001 and 2002)
- 3 Empress's Cups: 2000, 2003, 2004
NTV Bereza
- 2 League championship title : 2005,2006
- 1 Empress's Cup: 2006
References
- ↑ Naoko Kawakami – FIFA competition record
External links
- Naoko Kawakami – FIFA competition record
- Official website
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Official website not in Wikidata
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japan Women's Football League players
- NTV Beleza players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games