Miho Fukumoto

Miho Fukumoto
福元美穂
	Fukumoto at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Miho Fukumoto
Date of birth	October 2, 1983 (age 40)
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
2001–2016	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2016–2018	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2019–2020	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
2021-	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Total
International career
2002	Japan U-20
2002–2016	Japan
Medal record
Okayama Yunogo Belle
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	*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

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

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.