Ayaka Yamashita
山下 杏也加
Personal information
Full name Ayaka Yamashita
Date of birth (1995-09-29) September 29, 1995
Place of birth Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 INAC Kobe Leonessa
Number 18
Youth career
2011–2013 Murata Women's High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 109 (0)
2021- INAC Kobe Leonessa 38 (0)
International career‡
2015– Japan 64 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 Jordan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Ayaka Yamashita (山下 杏也加, Yamashita Ayaka, born September 29, 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Japanese WE League club INAC Kobe Leonessa and the Japan national team.

Club career

Yamashita was born in Adachi, Tokyo on September 29, 1995. After graduating from high school, she joined Nippon TV Beleza in 2014.[1] The club won L.League championship and she was selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row from 2015 season.

International career

In August 2015, when Yamashita was 19 years old, she was selected Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this competition, on August 4, she debuted against South Korea. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 25 games for Japan.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[2]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 29 October 2023[3]
National team YearAppsGoals
Japan 201530
201630
201750
2018140
2019100
202020
202160
2022100
2023110
Total640

Honours

Tokyo Verdy Beleza

INAC Kobe Leonessa

Japan

Individual

  • Nadeshiko League Best Eleven: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • WE League Most Valuable Player: 2021–22
  • WE League Best Eleven: 2021–22, 2022–23
  • WE League Outstanding Players Award: 2021–22, 2022–23

References

  1. ↑ Nippon TV Beleza(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Ayaka Yamashita". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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