Yayoi Kobayashi

Yayoi Kobayashi
小林弥生
Personal information
Full name	Yayoi Kobayashi
Date of birth	September 18, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2014	Nippon TV Beleza
Total
International career
1999–2004	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yayoi Kobayashi (小林弥生, Kobayashi Yayoi, born September 18, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kobayashi was born in Tama on September 18, 1981. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1997 to 2014. In her 18 seasons, she played 223 matches in L.League. The club won L.League championship 8 times and 2nd position 10 times. She also became top scorer in 2000 season and she was selected Best Eleven in 2000 and 2001.

National team career

On March 24, 1999, when Kobayashi was 17 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against France. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 2001, 2003 AFC Championship and 2002 Asian Games. She played 54 games and scored 12 goals for Japan until 2004.^[1]

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	8	2
2000	1	0
2001	12	2
2002	11	1
2003	14	6
2004	8	1
Total	54	12

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
5.	11 October 2002	Masan Stadium, Changwon, South Korea	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–0	2002 Asian Games
6.	9 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	4–0	15–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
7.	9 June 2003		Philippines	10–0	15–0
8.	13 June 2003		Myanmar	3–0	7–0
9.	13 June 2003		Myanmar	7–0	7–0
10.	15 June 2003		Chinese Taipei	2–0	5–0
12.	22 April 2004	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	4–0	6–0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification