Moeka Minami

Moeka Minami (南 萌華, Minami Moeka, born December 7, 1998) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds and Japan national team.

Moeka Minami
南 萌華
Personal information
Full name Moeka Minami
Date of birth (1998-12-07) December 7, 1998
Place of birth Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Urawa Reds
Number 3
Youth career
2014–2016 Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Urawa Reds 0 (0)
Total 0 (0)
National team‡
2014 Japan U-17 1 (0)
2018 Japan U-20 6 (0)
2019– Japan 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 17, 2019

Club career

Minami was born in Saitama Prefecture on December 7, 1998. She was promoted to L.League club Urawa Reds from youth team in 2017.[1]

National team career

In 2014, Minami was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2014 U-17 World Cup.[2] She played 1 game against Paraguay in group stage and Japan won the championship.

In 2018, Minami was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup.[3] She played in full-time in all 6 matches as center back and Japan team captain. Japan won the championship and she was also selected Bronze Ball awards.

In February 2019, Minami was selected Japan national team for SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on March 2, she debuted as center back against Brazil.[4]

National team statistics

[5]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2019100
Total100

References
  1. Urawa Reds(in Japanese)
  2. FIFA
  3. FIFA
  4. Japan Football Association
  5. List of match in 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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