Nanase Kiryu

Nanase Kiryu
Personal information
Full name	Nanase Kiryu
Date of birth	31 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Changnyeong
Number	14
Youth career
2007	Nippon TV Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2013	Nippon TV Beleza
2014	Sky Blue
2014–2015	Nippon TV Beleza
2016	Guangdong Haiyin
2017–?	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2020-	Changnyeong
Total
International career
2010–2014	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nanase Kiryu (木龍七瀬, Kiryū Nanase, born 31 October 1989) is a Japanese footballer playing as a forward. She plays for Changnyeong WFC in the WK League. She has also played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kiryu was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 31 October 1989. From 2007, she played for Nippon TV Beleza in Japan's first-division L.League. During her career with the team, she scored 25 goals in her 94 appearances. In February 2014, she signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League,^[2] where she played for one season before returning to Beleza. In January 2016, Kiryu signed with Chinese Division 2 club Guangdong Haiyin, located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. In 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Okayama Yunogo Belle.

National team career

On 13 January 2010, Kiryu debuted for Japan national team against Denmark.^[3] She was a member of Japan for 2014 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 16 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2014.

National team statistics

^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	3	0
2011	0	0
2012	2	0
2013	1	0
2014	10	3
Total	16	3

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 May 2014	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–0	4–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2.	26 September 2014	Hwaseong, South Korea	Hong Kong	6–0	9–0	2014 Asian Games
3.	26 September 2014	Hwaseong, South Korea	Hong Kong	9–0	9–0	2014 Asian Games

Honors and awards

Individual

L.League Best XI: 2013

Club

L.League Division 1 League Champions: 2008, 2010
L.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

Japan

AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014

References

^ Nanase Kiryu at Soccerway
^ "Sky Blue FC lands Japanese international Kiryu". Soccer America Daily. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Nanase Kiryu at WorldFootball.net
Nanase "Na-Na" Kiryu profile at National Women's Soccer League
Nanase Kiryu profile at Sky Blue FC

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[1] Nanase Kiryu at Soccerway

[2] "Sky Blue FC lands Japanese international Kiryu". Soccer America Daily. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[sbfc_signing_022014-3] "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[4] List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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