Kana Kitahara
北原 佳奈
Kitahara at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Kana Kitahara
Date of birth (1988-12-17) December 17, 1988
Place of birth Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Mynavi Sendai
Number 2
Youth career
2004–2006 Fujieda Junshin High School
2007–2010 Kanto Gakuen University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Albirex Niigata 93 (5)
2016– Mynavi Sendai 45 (2)
Total 138 (7)
International career
2013–2015 Japan 9 (0)
Medal record
Albirex Niigata
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2011
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2013
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2015
Representing  Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place2015 Canada
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonTeam
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2007 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Kana Kitahara (北原 佳奈, Kitahara Kana, born December 17, 1988) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Mynavi Sendai. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kitahara was born in Fujieda on December 17, 1988. After graduating from Kanto Gakuen University, she joined Albirex Niigata in 2011. She played 93 games in L.League. In 2016, she moved to Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.[1]

National team career

On September 22, 2013, Kitahara debuted for the Japan national team against Nigeria. In 2014, she played at the 2014 Asian Games and Japan won second place. She was also played in the 2015 World Cup, in which Japan won second place.[2] She played nine games for Japan until 2015.

National team statistics

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201310
201460
201520
Total90

References

  1. Mynavi Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
  2. FIFA
  3. List of match in 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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