Moeka Minami

Moeka Minami
Personal information
Full name	Moeka Minami
Date of birth	December 7, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Youth career
2014–2016	Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–	Urawa Reds
National team‡
2014	Japan U-17
2018	Japan U-20
2019–	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Moeka Minami (南萌華, Minami Moeka, born December 7, 1998) is a Japanese football player. She plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Minami was born in Yoshikawa on December 7, 1998. She was promoted to Nadeshiko League club Urawa Reds from their youth team in 2017.^[1] She was selected Best Eleven in 2019 and 2020.

In 2014, Minami was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2014 U-17 World Cup. She played 1 game against Paraguay in group stage and Japan won the championship. In 2018, Minami was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup. She played in full-time in all 6 matches as center back and Japan team captain. Japan won the championship and she was also selected Bronze Ball awards.

In February 2019, Minami was selected the Japan national team for SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on March 2, she debuted as center back against Brazil. In 2019, she was selected the Japan for 2019 World Cup.