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player. She played for Japan national team.


Club career

Yamaguchi was born in
Shizuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...
on July 25, 1966. She played for Shimizudaihachi SC,
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's L. League, Nadeshiko League. It was one of the founding clubs in the league when it was created in 1989. The club was disbanded in 1999. Founding The Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely L ...
and
Tasaki Perule FC was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a women's association football league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divisions that correspond to the seco ...
from 1981 to 2000. She was selected Best Eleven 4 times (
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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
,
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
and
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
) in L.League.


National team career

On September 6, 1981, when Yamaguchi was 15 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against
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. She was a member of Japan for 1991 World Cup. She also played at
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,
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
, 1993 AFC Championship and
1990 Asian Games ) , nations = 31 , athletes = 6,122 , events = 308 in 27 sports , opening = 22 September 1990 , closing = 7 October 1990 , opened_by = Yang Shangkun , closed_by = Roy de Silva , athlete_oath = Chen L ...
. She played 29 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1993.Japan Football Association
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* * * 1966 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Tasaki Perule FC players Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games silver medalists in football {{Japan-footy-defender-1960s-stub