Shinobu Ohno


Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese football player. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She formerly played for the Japan women's national football team.

Club career

Ohno was born in Zama on January 23, 1984. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1999 to 2010. In 12 seasons, she played 192 matches and scored 136 goals. She became top scorer 3 times and she was selected MVP awards 3 times. She was also selected Best Eleven 8 times. 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 team mate Nahomi Kawasumi. From 2013, she played for Olympique Lyonnais, AS Elfen Sayama FC, Arsenal and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She is currently playing for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara from 2018.

National team 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 January 12, 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.

Club statistics

1Includes UEFA Women's Champions League.

National team statistics

!colspan="7"|International goals

Honors

; National Team
; Club
; Individual