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Emi Yamamoto (山本 絵美, Yamamoto Emi, born 9 March 1982) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Yamamoto was born in Miura on 9 March 1982. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 2000. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2000 season. The club won L.League 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 in the Japan national team against the United States. 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.

National team statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 September 2003	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States	Argentina	3–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.	20 August 2004	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece	United States	1–1	1–2	2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

• Emi Yamamoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Emi Yamamoto at Soccerway
• Emi Yamamoto at WorldFootball.net
• Emi Yamamoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Scoresway
• ussoccer.com
• Japan Times
• Japan Times

v t e Japan squad – 2003 AFC Women's Championship fourth place
1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakachi 14 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Suzuki 18 Maruyama 19 Ohno 20 Miyama 25 Yano Coach: Ueda

v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Yamago 2 Obe (c) 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Onodera 13 Nakachi 14 Yano 15 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Yanagita 18 Maruyama 19 Sudo 20 Miyama Coach: Ueda

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

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• People from Miura, Kanagawa
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• Nadeshiko League players
• Tasaki Perule FC players
• Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls players
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