Aya Miyama
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 Miyama starring in the 2011 World Cup |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aya Miyama | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Ōamishirasato, Chiba, Japan | ||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Okayama Yunogo Belle | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yomiuri Menina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | NTV Beleza | 6 | (2) |
| 2001–2008 | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 110 | (62) |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 20 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Okayama Yunogo Belle (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | Atlanta Beat | 17 | (1) |
| 2010– | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 23 | (13) |
| Total | 187 | (79) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Japan | 115 | (29) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Japan |
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| Women's Association football | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2012 London | Team | |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Miyama.
Aya Miyama (宮間 あや Miyama Aya, born 28 January 1985) is a Japanese female athlete. She is best known as an association football player.[1]
Miyama was a member of the Japan women's national football team that won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She was named the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Player of the Year in 2011[2]
Miyama was a member of the women's team in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing.[3] She was elected captain of the team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.Her play was highlighted when she scored a crucial goal in her team's first game.[4]
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Career statistics [change]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| NTV Beleza | 1999 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
| 2000 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |||||||
| Total | 6 | 2 | - | ||||||||
| Okayama Yunogo Belle | 2003 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 18 | 14 | ||
| 2004 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |||||||
| 2005 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 25 | 12 | |||
| 2006 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2007 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 9 | ||
| 2008 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 23 | 10 | |||
| Total | 110 | 62 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
| Los Angeles Sol | 2009 | 20 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Okayama Yunogo Belle | 2009 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | |||
| Saint Louis Athletica | 2010 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Atlanta Beat | 2010 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Okayama Yunogo Belle | 2010 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 10 | |||
| 2012 | - | - | |||||||||
| Total | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 14 | ||
| Career total | 187 | 79 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
1Includes 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.
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References [change]
- ↑ London Olympics.com (London2012), Aya Miyama; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Asian Football Confederation (AFC), AFC Women Player of the Year: Aya Miyama; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Aya Miyama"; retrieved 2012-8-9.
- ↑ London2012,com, "Japan start with a win"; retrieved 2012-8-7.
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