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player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Ito was born in

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on July 20, 1983. She joined

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. 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),

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(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

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.Japan Football Association
/ref> In 2002, she was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship. She played 13 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2012.

National team statistics

List of match i
2012
at Japan Football Association

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people Asia University (Japan) alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama players Women's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub