(former name; Tomomi Mitsui, 三井ともみ) is a former

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ese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Miyamoto was born in

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

on December 31, 1978. After graduating from high school, she joined Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (later ''Iga FC Kunoichi'') in 1997. She was selected Best Eleven 2 times (

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and

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). She took maternity leave in 2005 season. She came back from 2006 season. In 2009, she moved to

TEPCO Mareeze was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It founded the league back in 2000 and disbanded in 2011. It evolved into Vegalta Sendai Ladies in 2012. Results Transition of team name *YKK Tohoku L ...

. In 2011, she returned to

Iga FC Kunoichi , is a women's football team which plays in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. As the strongest women's club in the Tōkai region, it has made a niche for itself against the more resourceful powers of the Kanto, NTV Beleza, and Kansai, ...

. End of 2012 season, she retired.

National team career

On June 8, 1997, when Miyamoto was 18 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against

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. She was a member of Japan for

, 2007 World Cup and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She also played at

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, 2003 AFC Championship,

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and

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 � ...

. She played 77 games and scored 13 goals for Japan until 2007.Japan Football Association
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Personal life

Miyamoto got married and changed her name to Tomomi Miyamoto (宮本ともみ) from Tomomi Mitsui (三井ともみ) in 2002. In May 2005, she bore a children. So, she took maternity leave in 2005 season.

National team statistics

International goals

References

External links

* * * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Sagamihara Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Iga FC Kunoichi players TEPCO Mareeze players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Women's association football midfielders Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub