Miyabi Moriya
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Nara Prefecture, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Angel City FC | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2025 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 122 | (8) |
| 2025– | Angel City FC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Japan | 14 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Miyabi Moriya (born 22 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for NWSL club Angel City FC and the Japan national team.[1] She previously played for WE League club INAC Kobe Leonessa.[2]
Club career
[edit]INAC Kobe Leonessa
[edit]Moriya made her WE League debut on 26 September 2021.[3] Since making her professional debut in 2015, Moriya scored eight goals in 118 match appearances for INAC Kobe Leonessa of the Japanese WE League, helping the club win their first ever WE League title in 2022. In the 2023 season, Moriya was awarded 2023 WE League Valuable Player and was also named to the 2023 WE League Best XI.[1]
Angel City FC
[edit]On January 31, 2025, Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League announced they had acquired Moriya for an undisclosed fee. Moriya will occupy one of the teams international spots and signed a one-year contract with a club option for 2026.[1]
International career
[edit]On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[4]
On July 26, 2023, she made her first World Cup appearance in Japan's second-round 2–0 victory over Costa Rica in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C.
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 3 August 2024[5]
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moriya goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 October 2023 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  India
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5–0 | 7–0 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 2 | 1 November 2023 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Vietnam
|
2–0 | 2–0 |
Honours
[edit]INAC Kobe Leonessa
Individual
- WE League Best XI: 2022–23
- WE League Valuable Player Award: 2022–23
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Angel City Signs Japan International Miyabi Moriya". angelcity.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "登録選手 : 【守屋 都弥】 | INAC神戸 レオネッサ". inac-kobe.com.
- ^ "Scoresheet" (PDF). weleague.jp. September 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".
External links
[edit]- Miyabi Moriya at Soccerway
- Miyabi Moriya at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
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- Japanese women's footballers
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Association football people from Nara Prefecture
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Japan women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese women's football biography stubs