Momoko Tanikawa

Momoko Tanikawa
谷川萌々子
Personal information
Date of birth	7 May 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Aichi, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich
Number	18
Youth career
	Nagoya FC Ladies
	NGU Nagoya FC Ladies
	Nagoya Grampus Miyoshi
	Grampus Miyoshi
2018–2023	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2022	JFA Academy Fukushima
2024–	Bayern Munich
2024	→ FC Rosengård (loan)
International career‡
	Japan U-17
2024–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:54, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Momoko Tanikawa (谷川萌々子, Momoko Tanikawa, born 7 May 2005) is a Japanese professional footballer playing as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Japan national team.^[3] She begun her career with the Japanese national team youth setup JFA Academy Fukushima, before transferring to Europe. She has won the Damallsvenskan league title with FC Rosengård^[4] in 2024 while on loan at the club.

A full international since 2023, Tanikawa won the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament and 2023 Toulon Tournament with Japan, having reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with the national team, scoring in every game.

Club career

In 2023, Tanikawa played in Fukushima for the U18 team in the JFA Academy, the youth program of the Japan Football Association. On 11 January 2024 her signing was made public on the Bayern Munich website. For the season beginning on 12 April 2024, she was loaned to Swedish first division club FC Rosengård.

Tanikawa scored 10 goals in her first nine league games for the club.

International career

Youth

Tanikawa made her international debut in 2022. She made her debut for the U17 national team on 3 October in a 2-1 friendly loss against the United States U17 national team. With the youth national team of this age group, she also took part in the World Cup held in India from 11 to 30 October 2022, playing in all Group D matches and scoring a goal in each game. She also scored a goal in the 2-1 quarter-final loss to the U17 national team of Spain.

With the U19 national team, she took part in the Sud Ladies Cup competition as part of the Toulon Tournament from 16 to 21 May 2023, scoring four goals in three matches.

Senior

She made her senior national team debut on 14 July 2023 in a 5-0 friendly win against the Panama national team.

Tanikawa went on to win the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament in Hangzhou, China in October 2023, scoring in a 4-1 final win over North Korea.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JFA Academy Fukushima	2019	Nadeshiko Challenge League (East)	3	0	0	0	3	0
	2020	Nadeshiko Challenge League (East)	6	0	1	0	7	0
	2021	Nadeshiko League 2	14	7	1	0	15	7
	2022	Nadeshiko League 2	15	7	1	0	16	7
	2023	Nadeshiko League 2	13	5	1	1	14	6
	Total		51	19	4	1	55	20
Bayern Munich	2024–25	Frauen-Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0
FC Rosengård (loan)	2024	Damallsvenskan	20	16	5	3	23	17
Career total			71	35	9	4	78	37

^ Includes Empress's Cup, Svenska Cupen

International

As of match played 26 October 2024^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2023	2	0
Japan	2024	6	2
Total		8	2

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tanikawa goal.

List of international goals scored by Momoko Tanikawa
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	29 July 2024	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Brazil	2–1	2–1	2024 Summer Olympics	^[6]
2	26 October 2024	Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	4–0	4–0	Friendly	^[7]