Moeka Minami
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moeka Minami | ||
| Date of birth | December 7, 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Urawa Reds | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Urawa Reds | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Urawa Reds | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 0 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Japan U-17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Japan U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | Japan | 14 | (1) |
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Honours | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 01, 2021 | |||
Moeka Minami (南 萌華, Minami Moeka, born December 7, 1998) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds and Japan national team.
Club career[]
Minami was born in Saitama Prefecture on December 7, 1998. She was promoted to L.League club Urawa Reds from youth team in 2017.[1]
National team career[]
In 2014, Minami was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2014 U-17 World Cup.[2] She played 1 game against Paraguay in group stage and Japan won the championship.
In 2018, Minami was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup.[3] She played in full-time in all 6 matches as center back and Japan team captain. Japan won the championship and she was also selected Bronze Ball awards.
In February 2019, Minami was selected Japan national team for SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on March 2, she debuted as center back against Brazil.[4]
National team statistics[]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
International goals[]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 April 2021 | Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai, Japan |  Paraguay |
1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
References[]
- ^ Urawa Reds(in Japanese)
- ^ FIFA
- ^ FIFA
- ^ Japan Football Association
- ^ List of match in 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links[]
- Moeka Minami – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Moeka Minami at Soccerway
- Moeka Minami at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Saitama Prefecture
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players
- Women's association football defenders
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Japanese women's football biography stubs