is a Japanese

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player. She plays for

Urawa Reds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

and Japan national team.

Club career

Ikeda was born in Saitama on September 8, 1992. In 2011, she was promoted to

from youth team.

National team career

In 2008, Ikeda played for the Japan U-17 national team at the 2008 U-17 World Cup. In 2012, she also played for the Japan U-20 national team at the 2012 U-20 World Cup, and Japan won third place. In 2017, she was selected for the Japan national team, when they played in the

2017 Algarve Cup The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a rou ...

. At this competition, on March 6, she played against

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. She was a member of Japan for the 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 14 games for Japan.

National team statistics

List of match i
2017
at Japan Football Association

References

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1992 births Living people Nippon Sport Science University alumni 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 goalkeepers Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in football 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Japan {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub