is a former
Japan
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ese
football
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player. She played for
Japan national team. Her father
is former
middle distance runner.
Club career
Morimoto was born on 9 November 1970. She played for
Nissan FC
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having won the J-League title four times and ...
. However, the club was disbanded in 1993. After she left the club, she played for
Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League
The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football Sports league, league in Japan.
The Nadeshiko League consists of two divis ...
and the Ladies side of Italian
Serie A
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club
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National team career
On 21 August 1994, Morimoto debuted and scored a goal for
Japan national team against
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. She was a member of Japan for
1995 World Cup. She also played at
1994 Asian Games
The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...
and
1995 AFC Championship. She played 5 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1995.
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National team statistics
See also
* 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...
References
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1970 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Japanese women's footballers
Japan women's international footballers
Nadeshiko League players
Nissan FC Ladies players
Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football forwards
Asian Games medalists in football
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
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