{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Ayako Kitamoto<br/>北本 綾子 |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Ayako Kitamoto |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1983|6|22}} |birth_place=Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.64}} |position=Forward |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=1999–2001|youthclubs1=Hokkaido Bunkyo University Meisei High School |youthyears2=2002–2003|youthclubs2=Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education |years1=2004–2010|clubs1=Urawa Reds|caps1=118|goals1=58 |years2=2014–2015|clubs2=Orca Kamogawa FC|caps2=|goals2= |totalcaps=118|totalgoals=58 |nationalyears1=2002|nationalteam1=Japan U-20|nationalcaps1=3|nationalgoals1=0 |nationalyears2=2004–2010|nationalteam2=Japan|nationalcaps2=17|nationalgoals2=4 |manageryears1=2014–2017|managerclubs1=Orca Kamogawa FC |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|Urawa Reds}} {{Medal|W|Nadeshiko League|2004}} {{Medal|W|Nadeshiko League|2009}} {{Medal|RU|Nadeshiko League|2006}} {{Medal|RU|Nadeshiko League|2010}} {{Medal|RU|Nadeshiko League Cup|2007}} {{Medal|RU|Nadeshiko League Cup|2010}} {{Medal|RU|Empress's Cup|2004}} {{Medal|RU|Empress's Cup|2009}} {{Medal|RU|Empress's Cup|2010}} {{Medal|Country|{{Fbw|JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|AFC Women's Asian Cup}} {{Medal|B|2008 Vietnam|}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}} {{Medal|G|2010 Guangzhou|Team}} {{Medal|Competition|AFC U-19 Women's Championship}} {{Medal|G|2002 India|}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Ayako Kitamoto'''|北本 綾子|Kitamoto Ayako|born June 22, 1983}} is a former Japanese football player and manager. She played for Japan national team.
==Club career== Kitamoto was born in Sapporo on June 22, 1983. After graduating from Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education, she played for the Urawa Reds from 2004 to 2010. She was selected for the Best Eleven in 2009. She retired at the end of the 2010 season. In 2014, she came back as playing manager at a new club, the Orca Kamogawa FC. She stayed with the team until the 2015 season.
==National team career== In August 2002, Kitamoto was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151009092335/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190319/index.html FIFA]</ref> On June 6, 2004, she debuted for the Japan national team against the United States.<ref name="JFA">[http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> She played 17 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2010.
==Coaching career== In 2014, Kitamoto became playing manager for new club Orca Kamogawa FC. She retired as player in 2015 and she resigned as manager in 2017.
==National team statistics== <ref name="JFA"/><ref>List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3|Japan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2004||2||3 |- |2005||4||0 |- |2006||0||0 |- |2007||1||0 |- |2008||2||0 |- |2009||3||0 |- |2010||5||1 |- !Total||17||4 |}
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 4. || 14 November 2010 || Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou, China || {{fbw|THA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || 2010 Asian Games |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|190319}} *{{WorldFootball.net}} *[http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/clubinfo/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E7%8F%BE%E5%BD%B9%E5%BC%95%E9%80%80%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/ Urawa Reds]{{in lang|ja}}
{{Japan squad 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamoto, Ayako}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education alumni Category:Japanese women's footballers Category:Japan women's international footballers Category:Nadeshiko League players Category:Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players Category:Orca Kamogawa FC players Category:Japanese women's football managers Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games footballers for Japan Category:Women's association football forwards Category:Football people from Sapporo Category:Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Asian Games gold medalists in football Category:2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
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