Ayumi Kaihori
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Ayumi Kaihori (海堀 あゆみ, Kaihori Ayumi, born September 4, 1986) is a former Japanese footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played for the Japan national team.
Club career[edit]
Kaihori was born in Nagaokakyo on September 4, 1986. In 2004, she was a high school student and joined the youth team for the Speranza FC Takatsuki. She moved to INAC Leonessa (later INAC Kobe Leonessa) in 2008. The club won the L.League championship three years in a row (2011-2013). She was also selected one of the Best Eleven twice, in 2011 and 2013. She retired in 2015.
National team career[edit]
In May 2008, Kaihori was selected by the Japan national team for the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup. At this competition, on May 31, she debuted against Chinese Taipei.[1] She was Japan's goalkeeper in the 2011 World Cup final, where she saved two penalties from Shannon Boxx and Tobin Heath in the shoot-out. Japan defeated the United States, 3–1.[2] She was part of the Japanese team that finished second and earned the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, playing in one game, vs South Africa, which saw Kaihori keep a clean sheet.[3] She also played five matches at the 2015 World Cup and Japan advanced to the final. But lost 5-2 to the United States and finished in second place. She played 53 games for Japan until 2015.
National team statistics[edit]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 14 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 53 | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ Sport, Saj Chowdhury BBC. "Women's World Cup final: Japan beat USA on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ "Ayumi Kaihori Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links[edit]
- Ayumi Kaihori – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ayumi Kaihori at Soccerway
- Ayumi Kaihori at WorldFootball.net
- Ayumi Kaihori at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Japan Football Association
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