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Kana Osafune
長船 加奈

Personal information
Full name	Kana Osafune
Date of birth	(1989-10-16) October 16, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Mynavi Sendai
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	TEPCO Mareeze	56	(1)
2011	Nippon TV Beleza	11	(0)
2012–2014	Vegalta Sendai	62	(7)
2015–2024	Urawa Reds	99	(9)
2015–2024	Mynavi Sendai
Total		190	(13)
International career
2008	Japan U-20	1	(0)
2010–2015	Japan	15	(2)
Medal record Nippon TV Beleza Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2011 Urawa Reds Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2017 Representing  Japan Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Kana Osafune (長船 加奈, Osafune Kana, born October 16, 1989) is a Japanese football player. She plays for WE League club Mynavi Sendai and has previously also played for the Japan national team.

Club career

After graduating from high school, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2008. However, the club was disbanded for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. In June, she moved to Nippon TV Beleza. In 2012, she moved to new club Vegalta Sendai. In 2013, she was selected Best Eleven. In 2015, she moved to Urawa Reds.

National team career

In November 2008, Osafune was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2008 U-20 World Cup. On January 13, 2010, she debuted for Japan national team against Denmark. She was a member of Japan for 2010 Asian Games and Japan won the championship. She played 15 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2015.

Club statistics

National team statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 September 2014	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō, Japan	Ghana	4–0	5–0	Friendly
2.	29 September 2014	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea	Vietnam	2–0	3–0	2014 Asian Games

References

1. FIFA
2. Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
3. List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Kana Osafune – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kana Osafune at WorldFootball.net

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• 1989 births
• Living people
• Association football people from Osaka Prefecture
• Sportspeople from Toyonaka, Osaka
• Japanese women's footballers
• Japan women's international footballers
• Nadeshiko League players
• TEPCO Mareeze players
• Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
• Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies players
• Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players
• Asian Games medalists in football
• Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
• Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
• Women's association football defenders
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
• Japanese women's football biography stubs
• Japanese football defender, 1980s birth stubs