Kana Kitahara

Kana Kitahara
Personal information
Kitahara at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Date of birth	(1988-12-17) 17 December 1988
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)^[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Albirex Niigata
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011-	Albirex Niigata	74	(4)
National team^‡
2013-	Japan	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:01, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Kana Kitahara (北原佳奈, Kitahara Kana, born 17 December 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata in the L. League and for Japan women's national football team. In 2015, coach Norio Sasaki included her in the Japanese squad that played in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[2]

References

Japan squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kamionobe 13 Utsugi 14 Tanaka 15 Sugasawa 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Ariyoshi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Nagasato 23 Kitahara Coach: Sasaki

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