is a Japanese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. She plays for

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in the

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. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Fukumoto was born in

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on October 2, 1983. After graduating from high school, she joined for

Okayama Yunogo Belle The Okayama Yunogo Belle is a Japanese women's football club based in Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan.Results
...

in 2001. She was selected Best Eleven 3 times (

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and

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). She played 259 matches at the club. In August 2016, she moved to

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. However she could hardly play in the match. In 2019, she moved to Chifure AS Elfen Saitama.

National team career

In August 2002, Fukumoto was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship. In October, she was selected by the Japan national team for the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. At this competition, on October 4, she debuted against

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.Japan Football Association
/ref> She played in the

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3 times (

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and

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) and at the

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2 times (

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and

). Japan won the championship at the 2011 World Cup, came second in the 2015 World Cup and got a silver medal in the

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. She played 81 games for Japan until 2016.

National team statistics

List of match i
2010

at Japan Football Association

References

External links

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1983 births Living people Association football people from Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Okayama Yunogo Belle players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's association football goalkeepers Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina players {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub