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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 2012 London Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany 2015 Canada AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Vietnam 2008 Vietnam 2010 China Asian Games 2006 Doha Team 2002 Busan Team AFC U-19 Women's Championship 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.

National team career

In August 2002, Fukumoto was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship. 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. 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, 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

References

1. Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
2. FIFA
3. ^ 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)

External links

• 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

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 2003 AFC Women's Championship fourth place 1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakachi 14 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Suzuki 18 Maruyama 19 Ohno 20 Miyama 25 Yano Coach: Ueda v t e Japan squad – 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup fourth place 1 Yamago 2 Isozaki 3 Shimokozuru 4 Shikata 5 Yano 6 Sakai 7 Ando 8 Yanagita 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakaoka 14 Iwashimizu 15 Suzuki 18 Miyama 19 Ohno 20 Nagasato 21 Akiyama 29 Sakaguchi Coach: Ohashi v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Fukumoto 2 Isozaki (c) 3 Kinga 4 Yano 5 Yanagita 6 Hara 7 Miyamoto 8 Sakai 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamago 13 Ando 14 Toyoda 15 Iwashimizu 16 Miyama 17 Nagasato 18 Ohno 19 Sakaguchi 20 Utsugi 21 Amano Coach: Ohashi v t e Japan squad – 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (C) 4 Iwashimizu 6 Kato 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yamago 14 Utsugi 16 Nagasato 17 Ando 18 Yanagita 20 Sakaguchi 22 Kaihori 23 Kitamoto 24 Maruyama 25 Shimokozuru 27 Sameshima 29 Kumagai 36 Kawasumi 43 Goto Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth place 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (c) 4 Iwashimizu 5 Yanagita 6 Kato 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Maruyama 13 Hara 14 Yano 15 Sakaguchi 16 Utsugi 17 Nagasato 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place 1 Yamago 2 Iwashimizu 3 Yano 4 Kumagai 5 Kinga 6 Sameshima 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Nagasato 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kaihori 13 Yamaguchi 14 Utsugi 15 Toyoda 16 Sudo 17 Kamionobe 18 Nakano 20 Sugasawa 21 Fukumoto 22 Takase 24 Kawasumi 36 Minamiyama Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yano 13 Maruyama 14 Tanaka 15 Takase 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup winners (1st title) 1 Fukumoto 2 Ariyoshi 3 Iwashimizu 4 Obara 5 Kamionobe 6 Sakaguchi 7 Maruyama 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Kira 12 Nakajima 13 Takase 14 Kiryu 15 Sugasawa 16 Naomoto 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Utsugi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Norimatsu 23 Kohata 24 Sugita 25 Goto Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kamionobe 13 Utsugi 14 Tanaka 15 Sugasawa 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Ariyoshi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Nagasato 23 Kitahara Coach: Sasaki

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