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Yōko Tanaka
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South Korean WK League club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC. She was a member of the Japan women's national football team, Japan women's national team. Club career Tanaka was born in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi on July 30, 1993. After graduating from JFA Academy Fukushima LSC, JFA Academy Fukushima, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2012. In 2014, she moved to Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. In July 2019, she moved to Sporting de Huelva. National team career Tanaka was a member of Japan women's national under-17 football team, Japan U-17 national team for 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, 2010 U-17 World Cup. At 2010, she played 6 games and 4 goals, and U-17 Japan team won 2nd place. She was also a member of Japan women's national under-20 football team, U-20 team for 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, 2012 U-20 World Cup in Japan. She played 6 games and 6 go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, with sixteen national football soccer teams and mark the first hosting of a FIFA women's football tournament in the country. The host nation were to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids. On 3 March 2011 FIFA initially awarded the World Cup to Uzbekistan. However, on 18 December 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country for problems with the bid and named Japan as a possible host. Japan was officially announced as host on 8 February 2012. Bids and hosting problems Vietnam had originally won the right the host the tournament. However, Vietnam had to withdraw its bid because it couldn't guarantee government backing and found the FIFA bid process "taxing". New Zealand had initially been asked to be ready as a backup venue, but were eventually awarded the 2015 FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
