is a Japanese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Minamiyama was born in Ichikawa on October 16, 1985. In 2003, she joined

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. She left the club end of 2016 season. In June 2017, she joined Korean

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club Hwacheon KSPO. In 2019, she returned Japan and joined

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National team career

On May 8, 2010, Minamiyama debuted for Japan national team against

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. She played 4 games and scored 2 goals for Japan in 2010.

National team statistics

List of match i
2010
at Japan Football Association

References

External links

INAC Kobe
1985 births Living people Japan Women's College of Physical Education alumni Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Orca Kamogawa FC players Women's association football midfielders Japanese expatriate women's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub