Karina Maruyama

Karina Maruyama (丸山 桂里奈, Maruyama Karina, born 26 March 1983) is a Japanese tarento and former football player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Karina Maruyama
丸山 桂里奈
Personal information
Full name Karina Maruyama
Date of birth (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983
Place of birth Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Murata Women's High School
2001–2004 Nippon Sport Science University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 TEPCO Mareeze 86 (44)
2010 Philadelphia Independence 4 (0)
2010–2011 JEF United Chiba 14 (2)
2012–2016 Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki 96 (13)
Total 200 (59)
National team
2002 Japan U-20 4 (0)
2002–2014 Japan 79 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Maruyama was born in Ota, Tokyo on 26 March 1983.

After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2005 and was assigned to the section of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.[1][2]

She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2005 season. She played until 2009 season, in 2010 went to United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki). She retired at the end of the 2016 season.

National team career

In August 2002, Maruyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship.[3] In October, she was selected Japan national team for 2002 Asian Games. At this competition, on 2 October, she debuted against North Korea.[4] She played in World Cup 2 times (2003 and 2011) and Summer Olympics 3 times (2004, 2008 and 2012). In the 2011 World Cup in Germany, she scored the only goal of the game, defeating the host country and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament.[5] She played as a substitute in the final as Japan defeated the United States.[6] At 2012 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal. She played 79 games and scored 14 goals for Japan until 2014.

National team statistics

[4][7]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200250
2003126
2004113
200530
200691
200710
2008173
200920
201000
201181
201250
201340
201420
Total7914
Karina Maruyama in 2020

National team goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 Mar 2003Bangkok, Thailand ThailandUnknown0–9Friendly Match
2.11 Jun 2003Bangkok, Thailand GuamUnknown7–02003 AFC Women's Championship
3.11 Jun 2003Bangkok, Thailand GuamUnknown7–02003 AFC Women's Championship
4.13 Jun 2003Bangkok, Thailand MyanmarUnknown7–02003 AFC Women's Championship
5.15 Jun 2003Bangkok, Thailand Chinese TaipeiUnknown5–02003 AFC Women's Championship
6.12 Jul 2003Tokyo, Japan Mexico2–02–02003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-off
7.18 Apr 2004Tokyo, Japan VietnamUnknown7–0Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
8.22 Apr 2004Tokyo, Japan ThailandUnknown6–0Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
9.22 Apr 2004Tokyo, Japan ThailandUnknown6–0Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
10.13 Nov 2006Karlsruhe, Germany Germany3–63–6Friendly Match
11.31 May 2008Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Chinese Taipei0–60–112008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
12.31 May 2008Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Chinese Taipei0–100–112008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
13.24 Jul 2008Kobe, Japan Australia3–03–0Friendly Match
14.9 Jul 2011Wolfsburg, Germany Germany0–10–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honors
Champion (1): 2011
Champion (1): 2008

References
  1. "【特別版】丸山桂里奈、福島復興とともに復活五輪へ/五輪なでしこプレミアム/デイリースポーツ online". www.daily.co.jp. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. "なでしこ丸山、東電時代を語る". ライブドアニュース. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. FIFA
  4. Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  5. Germany 0:1 Japan a.e.t. FIFA
  6. "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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