# Rie Azami

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{{Short description|Japanese football player (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Rie Azami<br/>薊 理絵
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|fullname=Rie Azami
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|1|11}}
|birth_place=[Higashimurayama](/source/Higashimurayama%2C_Tokyo), [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan)
|death_date=
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|height={{Height|m=1.61}}
|position=[Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
|currentclub=[Chifure AS Elfen Saitama](/source/Chifure_AS_Elfen_Saitama)
|clubnumber=7
|youthyears1=2004–2006|youthclubs1=[Saitama Heisei High School](/source/Saitama_Heisei_High_School)
|years1=2007–|clubs1=[Chifure AS Elfen Saitama](/source/Chifure_AS_Elfen_Saitama)|caps1=230|goals1=77
|totalcaps=230|totalgoals=77
|nationalyears1=2013–2015|nationalteam1=[Japan](/source/Japan_women's_national_football_team)|nationalcaps1=2|nationalgoals1=0
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|club-update=December 31, 2018
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{{Nihongo|'''Rie Azami'''|薊 理絵|Azami Rie|born January 11, 1989}} is a Japanese [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)). She plays for [Chifure AS Elfen Saitama](/source/Chifure_AS_Elfen_Saitama). She has also played for the [Japan national team](/source/Japan_women's_national_football_team).

==Club career==
Azami was born in [Higashimurayama](/source/Higashimurayama%2C_Tokyo) on January 11, 1989. After graduating from high school, she joined [Chifure AS Elfen Saitama](/source/Chifure_AS_Elfen_Saitama) in 2007. She also plays as [midfielder](/source/midfielder).

==National team career==
On September 26, 2013, Azami debuted for [Japan national team](/source/Japan_women's_national_football_team) against [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_football_team). She played two games for Japan until 2015.

==National team statistics==
<ref>List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2013.html 2013], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2015.html 2015] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=3|[Japan national team](/source/Japan_women's_national_football_team)
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[2013](/source/2013_Japan_women's_national_football_team)||1||0
|-
|[2014](/source/2014_Japan_women's_national_football_team)||0||0
|-
|[2015](/source/2015_Japan_women's_national_football_team)||1||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerway}}
*{{WorldFootball.net}}
*[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/nadeshikojapan/member/azami_rie.html Japan Football Association]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Azami, Rie}}
Category:1989 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Higashimurayama, Tokyo
Category:Football people from Tokyo
Category:Japanese women's footballers
Category:Japan women's international footballers
Category:Nadeshiko League players
Category:Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen

{{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub}}

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