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Shinobu Ono

b. 1984

Japanese footballer

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Born 1984. Shinobu Ono is a Japanese association football player.

is a Japanese former footballer who played as a forward. She formerly played for the Japan national team.

Club career Ohno was born in Zama on 23 January 1984. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1999 to 2010. In 12 seasons, she played 192 matches and scored 136 goals. She was the top scorer in three seasons (2007, 2008 and 2010) and she was selected for most-valuable player awards 3 times (2005, 2007 and 2010). She was also selected Best Eleven 8 times (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). The club won L.League championship 8 times and 2nd position 4 times. In 2011, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa and she became top scorer with teammate Nahomi Kawasumi. From 2013, she played for Olympique Lyonnais (2013), AS Elfen Sayama FC (2013), Arsenal (2014) and INAC Kobe Leonessa (2015–2017). She is currently playing for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara from 2018.

International career In August 2002, Ohno was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship. She played 4 games and scored 3 goals. On 12 January 2003, she debuted for Japan national team against United States. Her first major tournament was the 2006 Asian Cup, where Japan placed fourth. The following year she played in the 2007 World Cup, but Japan fell in the group stage. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2011 World Cup, where she scored a goal in the group stage match against Mexico as Japan won the championship. Ohno started the final against the United States. She then competed for the Japanese silver medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At 2015 World Cup, Japan won 2nd position. At 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, following Japan's failure to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. This tournament became her last match for Japan. She played 139 games and scored 40 goals for Japan until 2016.

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Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ohno goal.

Honors National Team FIFA Women's World Cup Champion: 2011 Asian Games Gold Medal: 2010 East Asian Football Championship Champions: 2008, 2010

Club L.League Champions (10): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 Empress's Cup Champions (8): 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Nadeshiko League Cup Champions: 2007, 2010 Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship Champions: 2012 Women's FA Cup Champions: 2014

Individual FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2011 L.League Division 1 Best Player: 2005, 2007, 2010 Top scorers: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Best Eleven (9): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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Who is Shinobu Ono?

Japanese footballer

When was Shinobu Ono born?

Shinobu Ono was born on 23 January 1984 in Zama.

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Shinobu Ono is an association football player.

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Shinobu Ono is Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Shinobu Ono

· Wikidata: Q258467

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