Miho Fukumoto

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|name=Miho Fukumoto
{{nobold|福元美穂}}

|image=Miho Fukumoto FIFA Women's World Cup CMR vs JPN June 12th, 2015.jpg

|image_size=200

|caption=Fukumoto at the 2015 World Cup

|fullname=Miho Fukumoto

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1983|10|2}}

|birth_place=Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan

|death_date=

|death_place=

|height={{Height|m=1.65}}

|position=Goalkeeper

|currentclub = Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

|clubnumber = 31

|youthyears1= |youthclubs1=Kamimura Gakuen High School

|years1=2001–2016

|clubs1=Okayama Yunogo Belle

|caps1=259

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2016–2018

|clubs2 = INAC Kobe Leonessa

|caps2 = 7

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2019–2020

|clubs3 = Chifure AS Elfen Saitama

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2021-

|clubs4 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

|caps4 = 0

|goals4 = 0

|totalcaps=266|totalgoals=0

|nationalyears1=2002|nationalteam1=Japan U-20|nationalcaps1=4|nationalgoals1=0

|nationalyears2=2002–2016|nationalteam2=Japan|nationalcaps2=81|nationalgoals2=0

|manageryears1=|managerclubs1=

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Country|{{Fbw|JPN}}}}

|club-update=December 31, 2018

|nationalteam-update=

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{{Nihongo|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

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.[http://info.as-elfen.or.jp/?eid=823 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005721/http://info.as-elfen.or.jp/?eid=823 |date=2018-12-04 }}{{in lang|ja}}

National team career

In August 2002, Fukumoto was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315031234/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190320/index.html FIFA] 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.[http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association]{{in lang|ja}} 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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jul/17/usa-japan-live-world-cup-final |title=USA v Japan - as it happened |date=17 July 2011 |publisher=Guardian |access-date=13 April 2020}} 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

List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2011.html 2011], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2012.html 2012], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2013.html 2013], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2014.html 2014], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2015.html 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811194644/http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2015.html |date=2018-08-11 }}, [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2016.html 2016] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3\|Japan national team
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

External links

{{FIFA player|190320}}
{{Soccerway}}
{{WorldFootball.net}}
{{SR/Olympics profile}}
[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/nadeshikojapan_2016/member/fukumoto_miho.html Japan Football Association]

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Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Association football people from Kagoshima Prefecture

Category:People from Ibusuki, Kagoshima

Category:Japanese women's footballers