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Kanako Ito (footballer)

Kanako Ito (footballer)

Japanese footballer

Kanako Ito (伊藤 香菜子, Itō Kanako, born July 20, 1983) is a Japanese footballer who has played as a midfielder. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She has also played for the Japan national team.

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Club career

Ito was born in Nerima, Tokyo on July 20, 1983. She joined NTV Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza) in 1999. She was selected Best Eleven in 2001 and 2002. End of 2008 season, she left the club, but in 2010, she came back and she played until 2012. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016), INAC Kobe Leonessa (2015) and Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018.

National team career

On August 5, 2001, when Ito was 18 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against China.[1] In 2002, she was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] She played 13 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2012.

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References

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    Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
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    FIFA
  3. [3]
    List of match in 2012 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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