Miho Fukumoto

Miho Fukumoto
Fukumoto at the 2015 World Cup
Personnel
birthday	October 2nd 1983
place of birth	Kagoshima Prefecture ,  Japan
size	164 cm
position	goalkeeper
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003–	Okayama Yunogo Belle	144 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2002–	Japan	79 (0)
1 Only league games are given. 2 As of June 16, 2015

Miho Fukumoto ( Japanese 福 元 美 穂 , Fukumoto Miho ; born October 2, 1983 in Kagoshima Prefecture ) is a Japanese soccer player .

Club career

Fukumoto has been with Okayama Yunogo Belle since 2003 .

National team

Fukumoto completed her first international game for the Japanese national team on October 4, 2002 against Vietnam . She played at the 5th Women's World Cup in 2007 in all three games, at the 6th Women's World Cup in 2011 in Germany, Fukumoto was in the squad, but she was not used. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , she played all six games in Japan, but lost to the German team in the bronze medal game .

Fukumoto was also part of the Japanese squad for the London Olympics . It was used in five out of six games, including a. in the final, lost 1: 2 against the USA , and won the silver medal with their team. With a height of 1.64 m, she was the smallest goalkeeper of the tournament, but only had to accept four goals.

She was also part of the Japanese squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada, but although she was the most experienced goalkeeper in the squad, she was only used in the last group game against Ecuador .

successes

• World Champion at the Fifa Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany (without commitment)
• Vice World Champion 2015
• Silver medal at the 2012 Olympics

Web links

• Miho Fukumoto in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com Miho Fukumoto accessed July 15, 2011
2. ↑ sports-reference.com Miho Fukumoto, accessed July 15, 2011