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Miho Fukumoto

Miho Fukumoto
福元 美穂
Fukumoto at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Miho Fukumoto
Date of birth (1983-10-02) October 2, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Number 31
Youth career
Kamimura Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2016 Okayama Yunogo Belle 259 (0)
2016–2018 INAC Kobe Leonessa 7 (0)
2019–2020 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 0 (0)
2021- Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0 (0)
Total 266 (0)
International career
2002 Japan U-20 4 (0)
2002–2016 Japan 81 (0)
Medal record
Okayama Yunogo Belle
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2013
Runner-up Empress's Cup 2006
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2016
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2017
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2018
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2018
Winner Empress's Cup 2016
Runner-up Empress's Cup 2018
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

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.[1]

National team career

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

[3][5]

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

  1. ^ Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
  2. ^ FIFA
  3. ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  4. ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ 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)


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