Kiko Seike

Kiko Seike
Personal information
Date of birth	8 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder, Defender
Team information
Current team	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	11
Youth career
	Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2024	Urawa Reds
2024–	Brighton & Hove Albion
International career‡
2015	Japan U19
2019–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 13 July 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 as a defender for the Japan women's national team.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[4]

On 4 July 2024, Seike signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental^[c]		Total
Club	Season	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			168	59	26	10	34	6	4	7	332	82

As of match played 13 July 2024^[7]

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	23 September 2023	Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan	Argentina	8–0	8–0	Friendly
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

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Japan

Individual

^ ^a ^b ^c "DF 清家貴子". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "11 FW 清家貴子". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "SEIKE KIKO". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Kiko Seike joins Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
^ "Japan - K. Seike - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Football: Top-scorer Kiko Seike named WE League MVP". Mainichi Daily News. The Mainichi. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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