Mami Yamaguchi
Personal information
Full name Mami Yamaguchi[1]
Date of birth (1986-08-13) 13 August 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Florida State Seminoles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Nippon TV Beleza 25 (14)
2008–2009 Umeå 44 (7)
2010 Atlanta Beat 22 (1)
2010 Nippon TV Beleza 6 (3)
2011 Hammarby 12 (0)
2012–2013 Okayama Yunogo Belle 11 (1)
2014 Nippon TV Beleza 12 (1)
2019 AFC Ann Arbor 2 (1)
2021 Detroit City FC 6 (1)
Total 140 (29)
International career
2007–2011 Japan 18 (8)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mami Yamaguchi (山口 麻美, Yamaguchi Mami, born 13 August 1986) is a Japanese football coach and former player. She is currently an assistant coach with the NWSL's Washington Spirit.[2] She played for Japan national team and last played for Detroit City FC.[3]

Club career

Yamaguchi previously played for the Florida State Seminoles at the collegiate level, where she won the MAC Hermann Trophy[4] in 2007. She became the first player in Florida State Soccer history to have her jersey retired.[5] 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.[6]

She joined United Women's Soccer amateur club AFC Ann Arbor in 2019,[7] scoring the team's first-ever goal.[8]

National team career

On 28 July 2007, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against United States.[9] She played 18 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2011.

Coaching career

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.[10] In 2021, she became a player-coach at Detroit City FC.[3]

In April 2023, National Women's Soccer League club Washington Spirit hired Yamaguchi as an assistant coach,[11] reuniting her with former Florida State head coach Mark Krikorian, who had become the Spirit's general manager.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nippon TV Beleza 2003 18 9 - - 18 9
2004 7 5 - - 7 5
Total 25 14 - 25 14
Umeå IK 2008 22 3 1 1 8 0 32 4
2009 22 4 1 0 4 0 27 4
Total - 59 8
Atlanta Beat 2010 22 1 - - - 22 1
Total 22 1 - - - 22 1
Nippon TV Beleza 2010 6 3 - 6 3
Total 6 1 2 2 - - 8 3
Hammarby 2011 12 0 - - - 12 0
Total 12 0 - - - 5 0
Okayama Yunogo Belle 2012 8 1 2 3 0 0 - 10 4
Total 8 1 2 3 0 0 - 10 4
Career total 129 30

National team statistics

[9][12]

References

  1. ^ Mami Yamaguchi at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Washington Spirit Adds Mami Yamaguchi to Coaching Staff » Washington Spirit". Washington Spirit. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b @DetroitCityFC (5 May 2021). "Welcome @mamigucchi to Detroit City! Not only will she be playing the midfield for the @detroitcityfcW, she also is an assistant coach for the @UWSLeague2 side. Yamaguchi has played for the Japanese National Team and in the UEFA Champions Cup final in 2008. #DCTID" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Mami Yamaguchi". MAC Hermann Trophy. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Florida State Seminoles Soccer". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ Profile in Soccerway.com
  7. ^ Zuke, Ryan (21 June 2019). "AFC Ann Arbor player shares special connection with World Cup". MLive Media Group. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Mami Yamaguchi Returns to AFC Ann Arbor as a Player-Coach for 2020" (Press release). AFC Ann Arbor. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  10. ^ "Livonia City F.C. - Livonia City FC is happy to announce Mami Yamaguchi former Japanese National team player 🇯🇵 as a lead assistant coach for our Women's team staff". facebook.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. ^ Higgins II, David M. (7 April 2023). "Washington Spirit Hires Mami Yamaguchi as Assistant Coach". Southern Maryland Chronicle. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  12. ^ List of match in 2010, 2011 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year
Hermann Trophy Recipients (women's)
Japan squad – 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place
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