File:Aya_Miyama_in_2011.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Aya Miyama
Sign in to saveJapanese association football player
Key facts
- 2009
- Los Angeles Sol
- 2010
- Saint Louis Athletica
- Full name
- Aya Miyama
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-01-28 ) 28 January 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Oamishirasato , Chiba , Japan
- Height
- 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2000
- Nippon TV Beleza
- 2001 2008
- Okayama Yunogo Belle
- 2010 2016
- Okayama Yunogo Belle
- 2003 2016
- Japan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Chiba Prefecture
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Japan women's national football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Mass
- 52
- Image
- Aya Miyama in 2011.jpg
- Height
- 157
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Aya Miyama
- date of birth
- 1985-01-28
- sport number
- 10
- name in kana
- みやま あや
- name in native language
- 宮間あや
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Aya Miyama (宮間 あや, Miyama Aya; born 28 January 1985) is a Japanese former footballer who played for the Japan national team starting in 2003, and from 2012 to 2016 served as captain of the team. She appeared in four World Cups between 2003 and 2015, and was part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup for Japan. Miyama also led Japan to a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aya Miyama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.