Erina Yamane

Erina Yamane
山根恵里奈
	Yamane in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Erina Yamane
Date of birth	December 20, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	JEF United Chiba
Number	17
Youth career
2006–2008	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	TEPCO Mareeze
2012–2017	JEF United Chiba
2017–2019	Real Betis
2019–2021	JEF United Chiba
Total
International career‡
2008–2010	Japan U-20
2010–2019	Japan
Medal record
JEF United Chiba
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 1, 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 5, 2019

Erina Yamane (山根恵里奈, Yamane Erina, born December 20, 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She plays for JEF United Chiba. She formerly played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Yamane was born in Hiroshima on December 20, 1990. After graduating from JFA Academy Fukushima, she joined TEPCO Mareeze based in Fukushima Prefecture club in 2009. However, the club was disbanded for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. She moved to JEF United Chiba in 2012. She left the club in July 2017.^[1] In August, she joined Spanish Primera División club Real Betis.^[2] She played for the club in 2 seasons. In August 2019, she returned to JEF United Chiba.^[3]

In November 2008, Yamane was selected for Japan U-20 national team for 2008 U-20 World Cup. On January 15, 2010, she debuted for Japan national team against Chile. In July, she was selected Japan U-20 team for 2010 U-20 World Cup. She was a member of Japan's squads for the 2014 Asian Cup and the 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2015, she also played at 2015 World Cup and Japan won 2nd place. She played 23 games for Japan until 2017.