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Mio Otani
大谷 未央

Personal information
Full name	Mio Otani
Date of birth	(1979-05-05) May 5, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Koka, Shiga, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1995–1996	Nishiyama High School
1997	Keimei Gakuin High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2008	Tasaki Perule FC	180	(150)
Total		180	(150)
International career
2000–2007	Japan	73	(31)
Medal record Tasaki Perule FC Winner Nadeshiko League 2003 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2001 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2002 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2005 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2007 Winner Empress's Cup 1999 Winner Empress's Cup 2002 Winner Empress's Cup 2003 Winner Empress's Cup 2006 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2000 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2001 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2005 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2007 Representing  Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2001 Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2002 Busan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mio Otani (大谷 未央, Ōtani Mio, born May 5, 1979) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Otani was born in Koka on May 5, 1979. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 1998. She became top scorer for 3 years in a row (2001 and 2003). In 2003 season, she was also selected MVP awards and the club won L.League championship. In 2005 season, she became top scorer again. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. So, she retired end of 2008 season. She scored 150 goals in 180 matches in L.League. She was also selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row (2001-2006).

National team career

On May 31, 2000, Otani debuted for Japan national team against Australia. She was a member of Japan for 2003, 2007 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She scored a hat trick in Japan's victory over Argentina in the 2003 World Cup. She also played at 2001, 2003 AFC Championship, 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Cup. She played 73 games and scored 31 goals for Japan until 2007.

National team statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 March 2001	Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	?–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	4 December 2001	New Taipei City, Taiwan	Singapore	?–0	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
3.				?–0
4.	8 December 2001		Guam	?–0	11–0
5.				?–0
6.				?–0
7.	12 December 2001		Vietnam	?–?	3–1
8.				?–?
9.	14 December 2001		South Korea	2–1	2–1
10.	4 October 2002	Changwon, South Korea	Vietnam	1–0	3–0	2002 Asian Games
11.				2–0
12.	9 June 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	1–0	15–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
13.				3–0
14.				5–0
15.				8–0
16.				9–0
17.				12–0
18.				15–0
19.	13 June 2003		Myanmar	1–0	7–0
20.				2–0
21.	22 July 2003	Sendai, Japan	South Korea	1–0	5–0	Friendly
22.	14 September 2003	Concord, United States	France	1–2	2–2
23.	20 September 2003	Columbus, United States	Argentina	4–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
24.				5–0
25.				6–0
26.	18 April 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam	2–0	7–0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification
27.				4–0
28.	22 April 2004		Thailand	5–0	6–0
29.	24 April 2004		North Korea	3–0	3–0
30.	30 July 2004		Canada	?–0	3–0	Friendly
31.				?–0
32.	6 August 2004	Zeist, Netherlands	Netherlands	?–0	2–0

References

1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

• Mio Otani – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mio Otani at Soccerway
• Mio Otani at WorldFootball.net
• Mio Otani at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 2001 AFC Women's Championship runners-up GK Onodera GK Yamago FP Fujimura FP Isaka FP Isozaki FP Ito FP Kasajima FP Kawakami FP Kimura FP Kobayashi FP Miyazaki FP Nakachi FP Obe FP Otani FP Sato FP Sawa FP Shikata FP Tsuchihashi FP Yamagishi FP Yanagita Coach: Ikeda 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 – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Yamago 2 Obe (c) 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Onodera 13 Nakachi 14 Yano 15 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Yanagita 18 Maruyama 19 Sudo 20 Miyama Coach: Ueda v t e Japan women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Yamago 2 Yano 3 Isozaki 4 Obe 5 Kawakami 6 Sakai 7 Yamamoto 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamagishi 13 Shimokozuru 14 Maruyama 15 Yanagita 16 Kobayashi 17 Ando 18 Onodera 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

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