Maya Hijikata
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is a Japanese professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a striker for the Japanese club NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza and the Japanese national team.


Club career

In 2023, Hijikata was promoted from Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Menina to
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza is a women's professional association football, football team that plays in Japan's WE League. It is based in the Kita, Tokyo, Kita, Itabashi, Inagi, Hino, Tokyo, Hino, Tama, Tokyo, Tama, and Tachikawa, Tokyo, Tachikawa wards of Tokyo. They h ...
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International career

In July 2022, Hijikata was selected for the Japanese U-20 national team for the
U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...
. She played in five matches at the tournament, contributing to Japan's runner-up finish. In August 2023, Hijikata was selected for the senior Japanese national team for the
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...
. She played in five matches at the tournament, scoring two goals and contributing to Japan's victory. Hijikata was selected for the national team for the
2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth association football ...
held in Uzbekistan in February 2024 and was also selected for the national team for the
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 11th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member as ...
in September of the same year.


Honours

Japan *
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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
Japan U-20 *
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serve ...
runner-up:
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
Individual *AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Top Scorer: 2024


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hijikata, Maya 2004 births Living people Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Women's association football forwards WE League players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players Japan women's youth international footballers Japan women's international footballers Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese sportswomen