Manaka Hayashi
_028_(cropped).jpg?lang=en) Hayashi with the Chicago Stars in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyōgo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Stars | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eigashima Eleven Football Club | |||
| 2017–2022 | JFA Academy Fukushima | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Santa Clara Broncos | 9 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Chicago Stars | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–24 | Japan U-20 | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:09, 3 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Hayashi Manaka (林 愛花, Manaka Hayashi; born 14 August 2004) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's National Soccer League club Chicago Stars.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chicago Stars FC Signs Midfielder, Manaka Hayashi". Chicago Stars FC. 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Japan's Hayashi signs for Chicago Stars". Asian Football Confederation. 16 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Manaka Hayashi at jfa.jp
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Women's association football midfielders
- Japan women's youth international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- WE League players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- INAC Kobe Leonessa players
- Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players
- Chicago Red Stars players
- Chicago Stars FC players
- Football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese women's football biography stubs