Tsuru_Morimoto
Tsuru Morimoto
Japanese footballer
Tsuru Morimoto (森本 鶴, Morimoto Tsuru, born 9 November 1970) is a former Japanese football player[citation needed]. She played for Japan national team. Her father Mamoru Morimoto is former middle distance runner.
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| Full name | Tsuru Morimoto | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1970-11-09) 9 November 1970 (age 53) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| Nissan FC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lazio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Japan | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Morimoto was born on 9 November 1970. She played for Nissan FC. However, the club was disbanded in 1993. After she left the club, she played for Nikko Securities Dream Ladies and the Ladies side of Italian Serie A club Lazio.[1]
On 21 August 1994, Morimoto debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against Austria[citation needed]. She was a member of Japan for 1995 World Cup. She also played at 1994 Asian Games and 1995 AFC Championship. She played 5 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1995.[2]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1994 | 4 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 1 |
- Agergaard Sine, Tiesler, Nina Clara (2014). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. New York: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 9781135939380.
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- Tsuru Morimoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Tsuru Morimoto at Soccerway
- Tsuru Morimoto at WorldFootball.net
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