Kaori Nagamine

Kaori Nagamine
長峯 かおり

Personal information
Full name	Kaori Nagamine
Date of birth	(1968-06-03) 3 June 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1990	Shinko Seiko FC Clair	28	(3)
1991–1993	Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli
1993–1999	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies
International career
1984–1996	Japan	64	(48)
Medal record Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1993 Representing   Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 1986 China 1991 Japan 1995 Malaysia 1989 Hong Kong 1993 Malaysia Asian Games 1990 Beijing Team 1994 Hiroshima Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kaori Nagamine (長峯 かおり, Nagamine Kaori; born 3 June 1968) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Nagamine was born in Kodaira on 3 June 1968. She played for Shinko Seiko FC Clair until 1990. She was selected Best Eleven in 1990 season. In 1991, she moved to Italian club Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli. She then became the first Asian footballer to play in Serie A. The club won Serie A for 2 years in a row. However, Reggiana was relegated due to financial strain. In 1993, she returned to Japan and joined Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies. However, the club was withdrew from L.League end of 1998 season. The club was disbanded end of 1999. So, she retired.

National team career

On 22 October 1984, when Nagamine was 16 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against Australia. She was a member of Japan for 1991 and 1995 World Cup. She also played at 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 AFC Championship, 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. She played 64 games and scored 48 goals for Japan until 1996. ^[1]

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	1	0
1985	0	0
1986	13	12
1987	4	1
1988	3	1
1989	10	13
1990	6	7
1991	12	5
1992	0	0
1993	4	5
1994	5	2
1995	5	2
1996	1	0
Total	64	48

List of international goals scored by Kaori Nagamine

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 January 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	India	2–0	7–0	Friendly
2.				4–0
3.				7–0
4.	21 July 1986	Jesolo, Italy	Mexico	?–0	3–0	1986 Mundialito
5.				?–0
6.	23 September 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Italy	?–?	2–3	Friendly
7.				?–?
8.	18 December 1986	Hong Kong	Malaysia	3–0	10–0	1986 AFC Women's Championship
9.				4–0
10.				5–0
11.				6–0
12.	21 December 1986		Thailand	2–0	4–0
13.	15 December 1987	Taiwan	Hong Kong	?–0	5–0	1987 Chunghua Cup
14.	1 June 1988	Panyu, China	United States	?–?	2–5	1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament
15.	14 January 1989	Xiamen, China	Philippines	?–0	13–0	Friendly
16.				?–0
17.	2 December 1989	Kanagawa, Japan	Australia	1–?	2–2
18.				2–?
19.	19 December 1989	Hong Kong	Indonesia	1–0	11–0	1989 AFC Women's Championship
20.				4–0
21.				8–0
22.				9–0
23.	22 December 1989		Hong Kong	1–0	3–0
24.	24 December 1989		Nepal	?–0	14–0
25.				?–0
26.				?–0
27.				?–0
28.	6 September 1990	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	4–0	13–1	Friendly
29.				?–?
30.				13–1
31.	29 September 1990	Beijing, China	South Korea	3–0	8–1	1990 Asian Games
32.				4–0
33.	1 October 1990		Hong Kong	?–0	5–0
34.	3 October 1990		Chinese Taipei	?–?	3–1
35.	26 May 1991	Fukuoka, Japan	North Korea	1–0	1–0	1991 AFC Women's Championship
36.	28 May 1991		Hong Kong	?–?	4–1
37.	1 June 1991		Malaysia	?–0	12–0
38.				?–0
39.				?–0
40.	4 December 1993	Kuching, Malaysia	Chinese Taipei	?–?	6–1	1993 AFC Women's Championship
41.	6 December 1993		Philippines	?–0	15–0
42.				?–0
43.				?–0
44.				?–0
45.	4 October 1994	Fukuyama, Japan	South Korea	?–0	5–0	1994 Asian Games
46.				?–0
47.	25 September 1995	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	India	?–0	6–0	1995 AFC Women's Championship
48.				?–0

References

1. Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Kaori Nagamine – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kaori Nagamine at Soccerway
• Kaori Nagamine at WorldFootball.net