is a Japanese

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player. She plays for

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in the

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. She has also played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Shibata was born in

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on July 27, 1992. After graduating from high school, she joined

in 2011. She was selected for the Best Eleven in the 2015 season.

National team career

In August 2012, Shibata was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup. She played 6 games and scored 3 goals, and Japan won 3rd place. Shibata was named the 2012

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. In August 2015, she was selected Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this competition, on August 4, she debuted against

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National team statistics

List of match i
2015
at Japan Football Association

References

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1992 births Living people Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners Women's association football midfielders 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub