Momoko Tanikawa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Aichi, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Rosengård | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nagoya FC Ladies | |||
| NGU Nagoya FC Ladies | |||
| Nagoya Grampus Miyoshi | |||
| Grampus Miyoshi | |||
| 2018–2023 | JFA Academy Fukushima | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | JFA Academy Fukushima | 51 | (19) |
| 2024– | Bayern Munich[1][2] | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → FC Rosengård (loan) | 9 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Japan U-17 | |||
| 2024– | Japan | 7 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:31, 29 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:31, 29 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Momoko Tanikawa (谷川 萌々子, Momoko Tanikawa, born 7 May 2005) is a Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård,[3] on loan from Bayern Munich and the Japan national team.[4] Tanikawa won the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament and 2023 Toulon Tournament with Japan, having reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with the national team, scoring in every game.
Career
[edit]In 2023, Tanikawa played in Fukushima for the U18 team in the JFA Academy, the youth program of the "Japan Football Association". On January 11, 2024, her signing was made public on the FC Bayern Munich website. For the season beginning on April 12, 2024, she was loaned to Swedish first division club FC Rosengård.
Tanikawa scored 10 goals in her first nine league games for the club.
National team
[edit]Tanikawa made her international debut in 2022. She made her debut for the U17 national team on October 3 in a 2-1 friendly loss against the United States U17 national team. With the youth national team of this age group, she also took part in the World Cup held in India from October 11 to 30, 2022 , playing in all Group D matches and scoring a goal in each game. She also scored a goal in the 2-1 quarter-final loss to the U17 national team of Spain.
With the U19 national team, she took part in the Sud Ladies Cup competition as part of the Toulon Tournament from May 16 to 21, 2023, scoring four goals in three matches.
She made her senior national team debut on 14 July 2023 in a 5-0 friendly win against the Panama national team.
Tanikawa went on to win the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament in Hangzhou, China in October 2023, scoring in a 4-1 final win over North Korea.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 13 June 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JFA Academy Fukushima | 2019 | Nadeshiko Challenge League (East) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | Nadeshiko Challenge League (East) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Nadeshiko League 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |
| 2022 | Nadeshiko League 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2023 | Nadeshiko League 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| Total | 51 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 20 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC Rosengård (loan) | 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 |
| Career total | 60 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 68 | 33 | ||
- ^ Includes Empress's Cup, Svenska Cupen
International
[edit]- As of match played 29 July 2024[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tanikawa goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 July 2024 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Brazil
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Honours
[edit]Japan Sud Ladies Cup winners 2023 Tournament winner Asian Games 2022 U17 World Cup 2022 quarter-finals U17 World Cup 2022 top scorer (with four goals; together with Loreen Bender and Linda Caicedo )
References
[edit]- ^ "FC Bayern Women sign Momoko Tanikawa". FC Bayern München AG. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "なでしこジャパンの高校生MF谷川萌々子がバイエルンに加入！ まずはローゼンゴードへ期限付き移籍" (in Japanese). Goal. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "VÄLKOMMEN, MOMOKO TANIKAWA" (in Swedish). FC Rosengård. 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FP Tanikawa Momoko". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Japan - M. Tanikawa - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Momoko Tanikawa at jfa.jp
- Momoko Tanikawa at WorldFootball.net
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