is a former

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ese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Izumi was born in

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on 31 May 1975. In 1989, she joined Shinko Seiko FC Clair (later ''Tokyo Shidax LSC''). In 1989 season, she was selected Young Player Awards. However, the club was disbanded in 1995. So, she moved to

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. In 1998 season, she played 18 games and scored 21 goals. She became top scorer. However, the club was withdrew the

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. So, in 1999, she moved to NTV Beleza (later ''Nippon TV Beleza''). She retired end of 2006 season. She was also selected Best Eleven 2 times (

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and

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National team career

On 16 May 1996, Izumi debuted for Japan national team against

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. She was a member of Japan for

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. She played 5 games for Japan in 1996.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * 1975 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Tokyo Shidax LSC players Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub