Mami Yamaguchi | |
Fullname: | Mami Yamaguchi |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1986 |
Birth Place: | Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Position: | Forward |
Collegeyears1: | 2005–2007 |
College1: | Florida State Seminoles |
Years1: | 2002–2004 |
Clubs1: | Nippon TV Beleza |
Caps1: | 25 |
Goals1: | 14 |
Years2: | 2008–2009 |
Clubs2: | Umeå |
Caps2: | 44 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 2010 |
Clubs3: | Atlanta Beat |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2010 |
Clubs4: | Nippon TV Beleza |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2011 |
Clubs5: | Hammarby |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs6: | Okayama Yunogo Belle |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2014 |
Clubs7: | Nippon TV Beleza |
Caps7: | 12 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 2019 |
Clubs8: | AFC Ann Arbor |
Caps8: | 2 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2021 |
Clubs9: | Detroit City FC |
Caps9: | 6 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 140 |
Totalgoals: | 29 |
Nationalyears1: | 2007–2011 |
Nationalteam1: | Japan |
Nationalcaps1: | 18 |
Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
is a Japanese football coach and former player. She is currently an assistant coach with the NWSL's Washington Spirit.[1] She played for the Japan national team and last played for Detroit City FC.[2]
Yamaguchi previously played for the Florida State Seminoles at the collegiate level, where she won the MAC Hermann Trophy[3] in 2007. She became the first player in Florida State Soccer history to have her jersey retired.[4] She played for Atlanta Beat (WPS) in the United States and Umeå IK, where she won the double, and made it to UEFA Champions Cup Final, and Hammarby in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.[5]
She joined United Women's Soccer amateur club AFC Ann Arbor in 2019,[6] scoring the team's first-ever goal.[7]
On 28 July 2007, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against the United States.[8] She played 18 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2011.
Yamaguchi began coaching as a volunteer at Florida State during the 2015-16 season. In 2019, she took an assistant coach position with Livonia City F.C., a club now in the second division of United Women's Soccer.[9] In 2021, she became a player-coach at Detroit City FC.
In April 2023, National Women's Soccer League club Washington Spirit hired Yamaguchi as an assistant coach,[10] reuniting her with former Florida State head coach Mark Krikorian, who had become the Spirit's general manager.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Nippon TV Beleza | 2003 | 18 | 9 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 18 | 9 | |||
2004 | 7 | 5 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 7 | 5 | ||||
Total | 25 | 14 | colspan="2" | - | 25 | 14 | ||||||
Umeå IK | 2008 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 4 | |||
2009 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||||
Total | colspan="2" | - | 59 | 8 | ||||||||
Atlanta Beat | 2010 | 22 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 22 | 1 | |
Total | 22 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 22 | 1 | ||
Nippon TV Beleza | 2010 | 6 | 3 | colspan="2" | - | 6 | 3 | |||||
Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 8 | 3 | ||
Hammarby | 2011 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 5 | 0 | ||
Okayama Yunogo Belle | 2012 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 4 | |
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 4 | ||
Career total | 129 | 30 |
Japan national team | |||
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Year | Apps | Goals | |
2007 | 1 | 0 | |
2008 | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | 1 | 1 | |
2010 | 14 | 5 | |
2011 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 18 | 8 |
International goals | |||||||
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Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
1. | 1 August 2009 | Friendly Match | |||||
2. | 13 January 2010 | 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es) | |||||
3. | 23 January 2010 | 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup | |||||
4. | 13 February 2010 | 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship | |||||
5. | 20 May 2010 | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup | |||||
6. | 20 May 2010 | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup | |||||
7. | 4 March 2011 | 2011 Algarve Cup | |||||
8. | 4 March 2011 | 2011 Algarve Cup |