Hikaru Naomoto
.jpg) Naomoto with SC Freiburg in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | March 3, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Ogori, Fukuoka , Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Urawa Reds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Fukuoka J. Anclas | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 |
Urawa Reds | 110 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | SC Freiburg | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– |
Urawa Reds | 56 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Japan U-17 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Japan U-20 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Japan | 38 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hikaru Naomoto (猶本 光, Naomoto Hikaru, born March 3, 1994) is a Japanese professional
Club career
Naomoto was born in
National team career
Naomoto played for the Japan U-17 team at 2010 U-17 World Cup where Japan won 2nd place and for the U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup, where Japan won 3rd place.[1] On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the Japan national team against New Zealand. She was a member of Japan's 2014 Asian Cup and 2014 Asian Games squads. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won their second consecutive title. She played 18 games for Japan.
On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the
On July 26, she scored the opening goal in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Round 2 match against Costa Rica and contributed to the victory, and was named VISA Player of the Match.[3][4]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 26 October 2023[5]
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 38 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Noamoto goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 21 January 2022 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India |  Myanmar
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3–0 | 5–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 2 | 24 June 2022 | Sport Center FAS, Stara Pazova, Serbia |  Serbia
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2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly
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| 3 | 26 July 2023 | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand |  Costa Rica
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1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 4 | 26 October 2023 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  India
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7–0 | 7–0 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Honours
Japan
Individual
- Nadeshiko League Best XI: 2014
- WE League Valuable Player Award: 2021–22, 2022–23
- WE League Best XI: 2022–23
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup VISA Player of the Match: against Costa Rica
References
- ^ FIFA
- ^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "Two goals in 2 minutes help Japan beat Costa Rica 2-0 at Women's World Cup". AP News. July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ "Visa Player of the Match: Hikaru Naomoto". FIFA. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ List of match in 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
- Hikaru Naomoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Hikaru Naomoto at Soccerway
- Hikaru Naomoto at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
- Profile
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