Miyuki Yanagita

Miyuki Yanagita
柳田 美幸

Personal information
Full name	Miyuki Yanagita
Date of birth	(1981-04-11) April 11, 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	NTV Beleza	32	(7)
2000–2005	Tasaki Perule FC	85	(19)
2006–2012	Urawa Reds	122	(20)
Total		239	(46)
International career
1997–2008	Japan	91	(11)
Medal record NTV Beleza Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1997 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1998 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1999 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 1999 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 1997 Winner Empress's Cup 1997 Tasaki Perule FC Winner Nadeshiko League 2003 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2001 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2002 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2005 Winner Empress's Cup 2002 Winner Empress's Cup 2003 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2000 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2001 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2005 Urawa Reds Winner Nadeshiko League 2009 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2006 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2010 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2007 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2010 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2009 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2010 Representing  Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2001 Chinese Taipei 1997 China 2008 Vietnam Asian Games 2006 Doha Team 1998 Bangkok Team 2002 Busan Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miyuki Yanagita (柳田 美幸, Yanagita Miyuki; born April 11, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Yanagita was born in Chigasaki on April 11, 1981. When she was a high school student, she played for NTV Beleza. In 2000, she graduated from high school and she joined Tasaki Perule FC. In 2006, she moved to Urawa Reds. She retired end of 2012 season.^[1] She played 239 matches at 3 clubs in L.League and she was selected Best Eleven 3 times (2006, 2009 and 2010).

In December 1997, when Yanagita was 16 years old, she was selected Japan national team for 1997 AFC Championship. At this competition, on December 5, she debuted and scored a goal against Guam.^[2] She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cup, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3] She played 91 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2008.

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	3	2
1998	0	0
1999	7	0
2000	3	0
2001	1	0
2002	10	1
2003	3	0
2004	11	0
2005	9	3
2006	15	4
2007	14	1
2008	15	0
Total	91	11

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	?–0	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
2.	9 December 1997		Hong Kong	?–0	9–0
3.	9 April 2002	Limoges, France	Canada	?–?	3–2	Friendly
4.	26 March 2005	Sydney, Australia	Australia	2–0	2–0
5.	26 May 2005	Russia	Russia	?–?	4–2
6.				?–?
7.	21 July 2006	Adelaide, Australia	Chinese Taipei	7–1	11–1	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.	30 November 2006	Doha, Qatar	Jordan	1–0	13–0	2006 Asian Games
9.				8–0
10.	10 December 2006		South Korea	2–0	3–1
11.	12 August 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	3–0	5–0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification

• Miyuki Yanagita – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Miyuki Yanagita at Soccerway
• Miyuki Yanagita at WorldFootball.net
• Miyuki Yanagita at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)