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Eriko Arakawa (荒川 恵理子, Arakawa Eriko, born 30 October 1979) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama and formerly played for the Japan national team.
Arakawa was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 30 October 1979. In 1997, she joined L.League club Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (later Nippon TV Beleza) from youth team. She was selected Best Eleven in 2003 and 2004. In the September 2008 WPS International Draft, she was drafted by FC Gold Pride in the top level US based Women's Professional Soccer league.[2]
In her first appearance for FC Gold Pride, Arakawa scored the club's first ever goal against the Boston Breakers in a 2–1 victory. It would turn out to be her only goal of the season. Following the end of the 2009 WPS season, she was back to Nippon TV Beleza.[3]
In 2010, she moved to Urawa Reds. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016), Nippon TV Beleza (2015) and Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018.
On 10 June 2000, Arakawa debuted for Japan national team against Canada.[4] She was a member of Japan's squads at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She played 72 games and scored 20 goals for Japan until 2011.
| Team | Season | League | Domestic League |
Domestic Playoffs |
Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Starts | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Apps | Starts | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Apps | Starts | Minutes | Goals | Assists | |||
| FC Gold Pride | 2009 | WPS | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | – | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 11 | 1088 | 1 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 June 2003 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |  Philippines | 2–0 | 15–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship |
| 2. | 22 July 2003 | Sendai Stadium, Sendai, Japan |  South Korea | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 5–0 | |||||
| 6. | 24 April 2004 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |  North Korea | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 7. | 11 August 2004 | Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece |  Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
| 16. | 15 April 2007 | Thai Army Sports Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |  Thailand | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 17. | 3 June 2007 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | South Korea | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
| 18. | 21 February 2008 | Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing, China | South Korea | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship |
| 19. | 31 May 2008 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam |  Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | 11–0 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 20. | 18 August 2008 | Workers Stadium, Beijing, China |  United States | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
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