Aya Miyama
Miyama starring in the 2011 World Cup
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 28 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Ōamishirasato, Chiba, Japan | ||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Okayama Yunogo Belle | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | 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 | 111 | (45) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Japan | 162 | (38) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 March 2016 |
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Aya Miyama (宮間 あや Miyama Aya?, born 28 January 1985) is a Japanese football midfielder. Since 2012 she has served as captain of the Japan women's national football team (Nadeshiko Japan), for which she has played since 2003. She has appeared in every FIFA Women's World Cup since 2003, and was a member of the Japanese team that captured the 2011 World Cup championship. Miyama also led Japan to a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her professional squad is Okayama Yunogo Belle of the L. League.
Born in Ōamishirasato, Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Miyama started her career as a football player in the club her father founded. She later joined NTV Beleza in 1999 after playing with Yomiuri Menina (NTV Menina), but when she was in eleventh grade, she left the team and went to the high school football club. Even among male players, she kept playing football.
Miyama joined L. League side Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2001, having received an invitation from Midori Honda, the coach.
On 24 November 2008, Miyama was selected by Los Angeles Sol of the U.S. Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) in the 2008 WPS International Draft, and joined Sol in 2009. In the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, she had 6 assists but no goals. When the Sol disbanded in early 2010, she was taken by Saint Louis Athletica. Miyama signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Beat on 10 June 2010.
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