Erina Yamane

Erina Yamane
山根 恵里奈

Yamane in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Erina Yamane
Date of birth	(1990-12-20) December 20, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	JEF United Chiba
Number	17
Youth career
2006–2008	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	TEPCO Mareeze	1	(0)
2012–2017	JEF United Chiba	92	(0)
2017–2019	Real Betis	32	(0)
2019–2021	JEF United Chiba	0	(0)
Total		125	(0)
International career^‡
2008–2010	Japan U-20	4	(0)
2010–2019	Japan	26	(0)
Medal record JEF United Chiba Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2017 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2016 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2012 Representing  Japan FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 Canada AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Vietnam Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 China 2007 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 1, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 5, 2019

Erina Yamane (山根 恵里奈, Yamane Erina, born December 20, 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She plays for JEF United Chiba. She formerly played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Yamane was born in Hiroshima on December 20, 1990. After graduating from JFA Academy Fukushima, she joined TEPCO Mareeze based in Fukushima Prefecture club in 2009. However, the club was disbanded for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. She moved to JEF United Chiba in 2012. She left the club in July 2017.[1] In August, she joined Spanish Primera División club Real Betis.[2] She played for the club in 2 seasons. In August 2019, she returned to JEF United Chiba.[3]

National team career

In November 2008, Yamane was selected for Japan U-20 national team for 2008 U-20 World Cup. On January 15, 2010, she debuted for Japan national team against Chile. In July, she was selected Japan U-20 team for 2010 U-20 World Cup. She was a member of Japan's squads for the 2014 Asian Cup and the 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2015, she also played at 2015 World Cup and Japan won 2nd place. She played 23 games for Japan until 2017.

National team statistics

[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	0	0
2012	0	0
2013	3	0
2014	9	0
2015	5	0
2016	3	0
2017	2	0
2018	0	0
2019	3	0
Total	26	0

References

1. JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
2. JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
3. JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
4. List of match in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Erina Yamane – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Erina Yamane at Soccerway
• Erina Yamane at WorldFootball.net
• Japan Football Association
• 選手インタビュー (Player interview) at Japan Football Association