Ayaka Yamashita

Ayaka Yamashita
Personal information
Full name	Ayaka Yamashita
Date of birth	September 29, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Youth career
2011–2013	Murata Women's High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2020	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
2021–	INAC Kobe Leonessa
National team‡
2015–	Japan
Honours
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Ayaka Yamashita (山下杏也加, Yamashita Ayaka, born September 29, 1995) is a Japanese football player. She plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Yamashita was born in Adachi, Tokyo on September 29, 1995. After graduating from Murata Women's High School, she joined Nippon TV Beleza (later Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) in 2014. The club won Nadeshiko League championship and she was selected Best Eleven for 5 years in a row from 2015 to 2019. In 2021, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa.

In August 2015, when Yamashita was 19 years old, she was selected the 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 also played at 2018 Asian Games and Japan won the championship. In 2019, she was selected Japan for 2019 World Cup.

↑ List of match in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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