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Aya Shimokozuru
下小鶴 綾

Personal information
Full name	Aya Shimokozuru
Date of birth	(1982-06-07) 7 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2004	Speranza FC Takatsuki	63	(5)
2005–2008	Tasaki Perule FC	77	(4)
2009	Speranza FC Takatsuki	14	(1)
2010–2011	TEPCO Mareeze	18	(3)
2012–2013	Vegalta Sendai	35	(7)
Total		207	(20)
International career
2004–2008	Japan	28	(0)
Medal record Representing  Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2008 Vietnam Asian Games 2006 Doha Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aya Shimokozuru (下小鶴 綾, Shimokozuru Aya, born 7 June 1982) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Shimokozuru was born in Nagaokakyo on 7 June 1982. In 1999, she joined Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina (later Speranza FC Takatsuki) from youth team. In 2005, she graduated from Kansai University and moved to Tasaki Perule FC. She was selected Best Eleven in 2005, 2006. However, in 2008, the club was disbanded due to financial strain and she retired. In May 2009, she came back at Speranza FC Takatsuki. In 2010, she moved to TEPCO Mareeze. However, the club was disbanded for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. She moved to new club Vegalta Sendai and played as captain. She retired end of 2013 season.

National team career

In April 2004, Shimokozuru was selected Japan national team for 2004 Summer Olympics qualification. At this competition, on 18 April, she debuted against Vietnam. She was a member of Japan for 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 2006, 2008 Asian Cup and 2006 Asian Games. She played 28 games for Japan until 2008.

National team statistics

References

1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

• Aya Shimokozuru – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Aya Shimokozuru at WorldFootball.net
• Aya Shimokozuru at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• http://www.gettyimages.ae/photos/aya-shimokozuru?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=aya%20shimokozuru

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics
1 Yamago 2 Yano 3 Isozaki 4 Obe 5 Kawakami 6 Sakai 7 Yamamoto 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamagishi 13 Shimokozuru 14 Maruyama 15 Yanagita 16 Kobayashi 17 Ando 18 Onodera Coach: Ueda

v t e Japan squad – 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup fourth place
1 Yamago 2 Isozaki 3 Shimokozuru 4 Shikata 5 Yano 6 Sakai 7 Ando 8 Yanagita 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakaoka 14 Iwashimizu 15 Suzuki 18 Miyama 19 Ohno 20 Nagasato 21 Akiyama 29 Sakaguchi Coach: Ohashi

v t e Japan squad – 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place
1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (C) 4 Iwashimizu 6 Kato 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yamago 14 Utsugi 16 Nagasato 17 Ando 18 Yanagita 20 Sakaguchi 22 Kaihori 23 Kitamoto 24 Maruyama 25 Shimokozuru 27 Sameshima 29 Kumagai 36 Kawasumi 43 Goto Coach: Sasaki

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• 1982 births
• Living people
• Kansai University alumni
• Association football people from Kyoto Prefecture
• Japanese women's footballers
• Japan women's international footballers
• Olympic footballers for Japan
• Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Asian Games medalists in football
• Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
• Women's association football defenders
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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