Miho Fukumoto (福元 美穂, Fukumoto Miho, born October 2, 1983) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. As a player for the Japan national team, she was capped 81 times between 2002 and 2016.
Club career
editFukumoto was born in Ibusuki on October 2, 1983. After graduating from high school, she joined for Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2001. She was selected Best Eleven 3 times (2006, 2012 and 2014). She played 259 matches at the club. In August 2016, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa. However she could hardly play in the match. In 2019, she moved to Chifure AS Elfen Saitama.[1]
National team career
editIn August 2002, Fukumoto was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] In October, she was selected by the Japan national team for the 2002 Asian Games. At this competition, on October 4, she debuted against Vietnam.[3] She played in the World Cup 3 times (2007, 2011 and 2015) and at the Summer Olympics 2 times (2008 and 2012). Japan won the championship at the 2011 World Cup,[4] came second in the 2015 World Cup and got a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played 81 games for Japan until 2016.
National team statistics
edit| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 0 |
| 2007 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008 | 14 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 81 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
- ^ FIFA
- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Miho Fukumoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Miho Fukumoto at Soccerway
- Miho Fukumoto at WorldFootball.net
- Miho Fukumoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Japan Football Association
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