Megumi Kamionobe

Megumi Kamionobe
上尾野辺めぐみ
	Kamionobe in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Megumi Kamionobe
Date of birth	15 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Albirex Niigata
Number	10
Youth career
1998–2003	Yamato Sylphid
2004–2005	Musashigaoka College
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–	Albirex Niigata
Total
International career
2009–2016	Japan
Medal record
Albirex Niigata
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018

Megumi Kamionobe (上尾野辺めぐみ, Kamionobe Megumi, born 15 March 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder. She plays for Albirex Niigata and formerly played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kamionobe was born in Yokohama on 15 March 1986. After graduating from Musashigaoka College, she joined Albirex Niigata in 2006. She was selected in the Best Eleven 5 times (2009, 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016).

International career

On 1 August 2009, Kamionobe debuted for the Japan national team against France.^[1] She was a member of Japan's squad for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.^[2] Japan won the World Cup in 2011^[3] and came second in 2015. She was also a squad member at the 2010 Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments. She played 34 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2016.

National team statistics

^[4]^[5]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	1	0
2010	10	1
2011	6	1
2012	1	0
2013	5	0
2014	4	0
2015	5	0
2016	2	0
Total	34	2

Intetnational goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu, China	Myanmar	8–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2.	9 March 2011	Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal, Portugal	Sweden	1–1	2–1	2011 Algarve Cup