is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for the Japanese national team.

Club career

Yamamoto was born in Miura on 9 March 1982. After graduating from high school, she joined

Tasaki Perule FC was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It founded the league back in 1976. The club was disbanded in 2008. Honors Domestic competitions * Nadeshiko.League Division 1 **Champions (1) : 2003 **Runn ...

in 2000. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2000 season. The club won

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championship in 2003 and 2nd position 4 times. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. From 2009, she went to the United States and Italy. In 2014, she returned to Japan and joined Yokohama FC Seagulls (later NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls).

National team career

On 12 January 2003, Yamamoto debuted for the Japanese national team against the

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. She played at the 2003 AFC Championship. She was also a team member for Japan at the 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She played 22 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2004.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

International goals

References

External links

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1982 births Living people People from Miura, Kanagawa Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Tasaki Perule FC players Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Women's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub