Kanako Ito
伊藤 香菜子
Personal information
Full name Kanako Ito
Date of birth (1983-07-20) July 20, 1983
Place of birth Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Nippon TV Beleza 113 (46)
2010–2012 Nippon TV Beleza 50 (13)
2013–2014 AS Elfen Saitama 46 (30)
2015 INAC Kobe Leonessa 20 (0)
2016 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 17 (5)
2017 Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama 18 (10)
2018– Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 18 (3)
Total 282 (107)
International career
2002 Japan U-20 3 (0)
2001–2012 Japan 13 (3)
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
WinnerNadeshiko League2000
WinnerNadeshiko League2001
WinnerNadeshiko League2002
WinnerNadeshiko League2005
WinnerNadeshiko League2006
WinnerNadeshiko League2007
WinnerNadeshiko League2008
WinnerNadeshiko League2010
Runner-upNadeshiko League1999
Runner-upNadeshiko League2003
Runner-upNadeshiko League2004
Runner-upNadeshiko League2011
Runner-upNadeshiko League2012
WinnerNadeshiko League Cup1999
WinnerNadeshiko League Cup2007
WinnerNadeshiko League Cup2010
WinnerNadeshiko League Cup2012
WinnerEmpress's Cup2000
WinnerEmpress's Cup2004
WinnerEmpress's Cup2005
WinnerEmpress's Cup2007
WinnerEmpress's Cup2008
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2002
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2003
INAC Kobe Leonessa
WinnerEmpress's Cup2015
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place2001 Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanTeam
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2002 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Kanako Ito (伊藤 香菜子, Itō Kanako, born July 20, 1983) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Ito was born in Nerima, Tokyo on July 20, 1983. She joined NTV Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza) in 1999. She was selected Best Eleven in 2001 and 2002. End of 2008 season, she left the club, but in 2010, she came back and she played until 2012. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016), INAC Kobe Leonessa (2015) and Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018.

National team career

On August 5, 2001, when Ito was 18 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against China.[1] In 2002, she was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] She played 13 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2012.

National team statistics

[1][3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200162
200230
200300
200400
200500
200600
200711
200800
200900
201000
201100
201230
Total133

References

  1. 1 2 Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ FIFA
  3. ↑ List of match in 2012 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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