Miho Fukumoto
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
[edit]Fukumoto 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
[edit]In 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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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Kagoshima Prefecture
- People from Ibusuki, Kagoshima
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's youth international footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Okayama Yunogo Belle players
- INAC Kobe Leonessa players
- Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina players
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
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