is a former

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ese

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player and manager. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Obe was born in

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on February 15, 1975. She joined

Nikko Securities Dream Ladies was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football Sports league, league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divis ...

in 1991. She was selected Young Player Awards in

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and Best Eleven for 4 years in a row (

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

). The club also won

L.League The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divisions that correspond to the second and third levels of the Japanese women's football pyramid respective ...

championship for 3 years in a row (

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). However, the club was disbanded in 1998 due to financial strain. She moved to

OKI FC Winds OKI FC Winds was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. The team was based in Honjō, Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefectu ...

in 1999. But the club was disbanded end of season. She moved to YKK Tohoku Ladies SC Flappers (later ''TEPCO Mareeze''). End of 2006 season, she retired. She was selected Best Eleven total 7 times.

National team career

On August 21, 1991, when Obe was 16 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against

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. She was a member of Japan for

, 2003 World Cup,

and

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. She played at

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, 2003 AFC Championship,

and

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. She played 85 games and scored 6 goals for Japan until 2004.Japan Football Association
/ref> She was also the captain.

Coaching career

TEPCO Mareeze was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's L. League, Nadeshiko League. It founded the league back in 2000 and disbanded in 2011. It evolved into Mynavi Sendai Ladies, Vegalta Sendai Ladies in 2012. Results Transit ...

, when Obe was a player, club manager

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end of

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season in November. She managed as playing manager in

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in December.

National team statistics

References

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* * * * 1975 births Living people Association football people from Tottori Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players OKI FC Winds players TEPCO Mareeze players Japanese women's football managers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Women's association football forwards Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub