Hikaru Naomoto

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Hikaru Naomoto
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Naomoto with SC Freiburg in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-03) March 3, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthOgori, Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Urawa Reds
Number8
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011Fukuoka J. Anclas26(0)
2012–2018Urawa Reds110(9)
2018–2020SC Freiburg23(0)
2020–Urawa Reds56(16)
National team
2010Japan U-176(2)
2012Japan U-206(2)
2014–Japan38(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Biography

Naomoto was born in Ogori on March 3, 1994. In 2007, she joined her local club Fukuoka J. Anclas. After graduating from high school, she joined Urawa Reds in 2012. She was selected Best Eleven in 2014 season. In June 2018, she moved to German Bundesliga club Freiburg. In 2020, she returned to Urawa Reds.

Naomoto played for the Japan U-17 national team at 2010 U-17 World Cup Japan won the 2nd place and the U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup Japan won the 3rd place. On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the Japan national team against New Zealand. She was a member of Japan for 2014 Asian Cup and 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and the 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won their second consecutive title.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 26 October 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2014 6 0
2015 2 0
2016 0 0
2017 7 0
2018 3 0
2019 2 0
2020 0 0
2021 1 0
2022 10 2
2023 7 2
Total 38 4
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Noamoto goal.
List of international goals scored by Hikaru Noamoto
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 January 2022 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India   Myanmar 3–0 5–0 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2 24 June 2022 Sport Center FAS, Stara Pazova, Serbia   Serbia 2–0 5–0 Friendly
3 26 July 2023 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand   Costa Rica 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
4 26 October 2023 Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan   India 7–0 7–0 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Honours

Japan

Individual

References

  1. List of matches in 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Template:Japan squad 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup