is a Japanese

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player. She plays for

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. She formerly played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Yamane was born in

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on December 20, 1990. After graduating from

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, she joined

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based in

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club in 2009. However, the club was disbanded for

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in 2011. She moved to

in 2012. She left the club in July 2017. In August, she joined Spanish Primera División club

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. She played for the club in 2 seasons. In August 2019, she returned to JEF United Chiba.

National team career

In November 2008, Yamane was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2008 U-20 World Cup. On January 15, 2010, she debuted for Japan national team against

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. In July, she was selected Japan U-20 team for 2010 U-20 World Cup. In 2014, she was a member for 2014 Asian Cup and

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2015, she also played at 2015 World Cup and Japan won 2nd place. She played 23 games for Japan until 2017.

National team statistics

List of match i
2010

at Japan Football Association

References

External links

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1990 births Living people Association football people from Hiroshima Prefecture Sportspeople from Hiroshima Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Japanese expatriates in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Nadeshiko League players TEPCO Mareeze players JEF United Chiba Ladies players Real Betis Féminas players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's association football goalkeepers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic footballers of Japan {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub