Kiko Seike

The native form of this personal name is Seike Kiko. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Kiko Seike
清家 貴子
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward,[2] Midfielder, Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 11
Youth career
Urawa Reds[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2024 Urawa Reds 168 (59)
2024– Brighton & Hove Albion 5 (3)
International career‡
2015 Japan U19 5 (3)
2019– Japan 22 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:31, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Kiko Seike[3] (清家 貴子, Seike Kiko, born 8 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team.

Club career

On 4 July 2024, Seike signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms.[4][5] She made her competitive debut for the club in a 4–0 league match win against Everton on 21 September 2024, where she scored a hat-trick.[6] She became the first player in Women's Super League history to score a hat-trick on her debut in the competition.[7]

International career

Seike was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the match against Canada in October 2019, but she remained an unused substitute.[8] She was called up again for the senior side for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship that same year. She would make her competitive debut for the national team on 11 December 2019 against Chinese Taipei, scoring her maiden senior side goal in the same match.[9]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 November 2024[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 2014 Nadeshiko League 24 8 4 3 — — 28 11
2015 Nadeshiko League 20 9 0 0 — — 20 9
2016 Nadeshiko League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2017 Nadeshiko League 9 0 2 1 9 0 — 20 1
2018 Nadeshiko League 16 2 1 0 6 2 — 23 4
2019 Nadeshiko League 18 4 5 3 9 1 — 32 8
2020 Nadeshiko League 17 1 5 1 — — 22 2
2021–22 WE League 20 3 4 1 — — 24 4
2022–23 WE League 20 12 1 0 6 2 — 27 14
2023–24 WE League 22 20 4 1 4 1 4 7 34 29
Total 168 59 26 10 34 6 4 7 332 82
Brighton & Hove Albion 2024–25 Women's Super League 5 3 0 0 1 0 — 6 3
Career total 173 62 26 10 35 6 4 7 338 85
  1. ^ Includes Empress's Cup, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Nadeshiko League Cup, WE League Cup, FA Women's League Cup
  3. ^ AFC Women's Club Championship

International

As of match played 13 July 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 2 1
2022 4 1
2023 10 4
2024 6 1
Total 22 7
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seike goal.
List of international goals scored by Kiko Seike
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 December 2019 Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea  Chinese Taipei 7–0 9–0 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2 23 July 2022 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan  Chinese Taipei 3–1 4–1 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
3 22 February 2023 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Canada 1–0 3–0 2023 SheBelieves Cup
4 23 September 2023 Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan  Argentina 5–0 8–0 Friendly
5 8–0
6 26 October 2023 Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan  India 6–0 7–0 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7 6 April 2024 Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States  United States 1–0 1–2 2024 SheBelieves Cup

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

Japan

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "DF 清家 貴子". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "11 FW 清家 貴子". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ^ "SEIKE KIKO". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Kiko Seike joins Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
  5. ^ "Brighton sign Japan striker Kiko Seike". BBC Sport. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Japan star Kiko Seike makes history in Women's Super League debut | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Kiko Seike: Brighton star's perfect WSL debut with hat-trick". BBC Sport. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  8. ^ "カナダと親善試合行うなでしこ、浦和LのDF清家貴子を追加招集". ゲキサカ (in Japanese). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  9. ^ "なでしこ９発大勝発進、新戦力清家ら３人代表初得点 - 日本代表 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  11. ^ "日程・結果". Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Japan - K. Seike - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".
  14. ^ a b c "Football: Top-scorer Kiko Seike named WE League MVP". Mainichi Daily News. The Mainichi. 8 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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