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'' and former

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player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency

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Club career

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

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, she joined

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in 2005 and was assigned to the section of

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. Maruyama was selected as the

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's Best Young Player for the 2005 season. She played in the L. League until the 2009 season. She left the league in 2010 to play for the

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in the United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined

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. 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 to the Japan U-20 national team to play in the 2002 U-19 World Championship. In October, she was selected Japan national team for

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. At this competition, on 2 October, she debuted against

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.Japan Football Association
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2 times (

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and

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) and the

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3 times (

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and

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). At the 2011 World Cup in Germany, she scored the only goal of the game, defeating the

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and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament. She played as a substitute in the final as Japan defeated the United States. At the

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, Japan won the silver medal. She played 79 games and scored 14 goals for Japan until retiring in 2014.

National team statistics

List of match i
2011
at Japan Football Association Karina Maruyama - Ibaraki - Nov 23 2020

National team goals

Honors

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:''Champion (1)'':

* East Asian Football Championship :''Champion (1)'':

References

External links

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Official Profile at Horipro
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maruyama, Karina 1983 births Living people Nippon Sport Science University alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Women's Professional Soccer players TEPCO Mareeze players Philadelphia Independence players JEF United Chiba Ladies players Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki players Japanese expatriate footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Japan Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Japan Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's association football forwards Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Japanese television personalities