Miyuki Yanagita
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Miyuki Yanagita is a Japan
ese football midfielder
, currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds
in Japan's L. League
.
She has been a member of the Japanese national team
taking part in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 World Cups
and the 2004 and 2008
Summer Olympics.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, L. League. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.-Transition of team name:*Urawa Reinas F.C. : 1999 - 2001*Saitama Reinas F.C. : 2002 - 2004...
in Japan's L. League
L. League
The L. League is the top flight of women's association football in Japan. It is the women's equivalent of the J. League, but not professional. However, some individual players are professional.The league conssists of two divisions: division 1 has the nickname and division 2...
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She has been a member of the Japanese national team
Japan women's national football team
The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S...
taking part in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 World Cups
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...
and the 2004 and 2008
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams.For these Games, the women...
Summer Olympics.