Yukari Kinga

Yukari Kinga
近賀 ゆかり
Kinga playing for Japan in 2011
Personal information
Full name Yukari Kinga
Date of birth (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2002 Shonan Gakuin High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2010 Nippon TV Beleza 146 (30)
2011–2013 INAC Kobe Leonessa 42 (3)
2014 Arsenal 12 (0)
2015–2016 INAC Kobe Leonessa 36 (3)
2016–2017 Canberra United 13 (3)
2017–2019 Melbourne City 31 (6)
2019 Orca Kamogawa 18 (2)
2019–2020 Melbourne City 9 (1)
2020 Orca Kamogawa 0 (0)
2021- Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0 (0)
Total 274 (44)
International career
2002 Japan U-20 4 (0)
2005–2016 Japan 100 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2019

Yukari Kinga (近賀 ゆかり, Kinga Yukari, born 2 May 1984) is a Japanese football player. She plays as a defender for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. She previously played for the Japan women's national football team, winning a World Cup and an Olympic silver medal before her international retirement in 2016.