Ayu Nakada


Ayu Nakada is a Japanese football player. She currently plays as a midfielder for Japanese L. League club INAC Kobe Leonessa. She played for Japan at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, winning silver at the former and bronze at the latter.

Career

Influenced by her father, a football coach, she started playing football at the age of 6.
In elementary school she joined the strongest club in her prefecture, Fortuna SC.
In junior high school, she competed for Japan at the U-15 level.
At the U-17 level, she contributed to Japan's second place at the U-17 Women's World Cup, held in Trinidad at Tobago in 2010.
In the spring of 2012, at the age of 18, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa.
She was a member of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Popularity and fan following

For years Ayu Nakada has been a hot topic in Japan, attracting lots of attention for her looks.
In 2014 she placed fifth in the survey "Which Japanese female soccer player would you want to date?".
In 2016 she was selected to be the face of the poster promoting the Internet filtering rules for schools and other children's facilities, newly-adopted in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Club

Honours

Club

Tokiwaki Gakuen High School Soccer Club
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Japan U19

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