# Mana Mihashi

Mana Mihashi (三橋眞奈, Mihashi Mana, born 13 September 1994) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Japan, she had played in Italy.
Born in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Mihashi begun her professional career with MyNavi Sendai in Japan's Nadeshiko League in 2017 after graduating from university. She joined Serie A side Sassuolo in 2020. In the summer of 2022, she joined Inter Milan before retiring at the end the season.

## Club career
### MyNavi Sendai

Following the end of Mihashi's college career with the Osaka Sports University women's football team, in 2017 she joined MyNavi Sendai Vegalta in the Nadeshiko League, the top level of the Japanese league pyramid at the time. She spent three seasons at the Sendai club where she made 23 Nadeshiko League appearances, 20 WE League Cup appearances, scoring 2 goals, and 7 Empress Cup appearances, scoring 1 goal, deciding at the end of the 2019 season to leave the club in search of a new challenge.

### Sassuolo

In the summer of 2020, it was announced that Mihashi would be playing for U.S. Sassuolo Calcio in the upcoming season. Head coach Gianpiero Piovani decided to give Mihashi her Serie A debut in the first game of the season. Her first season saw Sassuolo finishing in third place, with most of the season spent fighting A.C. Milan for second position, and being rewarded with a place in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Piovani employed her in all 22 Serie A matches, where Mihashi scored for the first time in game week 6, in a 3–0 home win over Fiorentina.
Remaining with Sassuolo for the 2021–2022 season, she made 20 league appearances, as well as scoring the winning goal in the final match of the season in a 2–1 win over Inter Milan. In her second season she helped Sassuolo finish in fourth place, narrowly missing the final Champions League spot.

### Inter Milan

During the summer of 2022, Inter Milan announced Mihashi would be joining them for the upcoming 2022–2023 season. She made her debut for the club in a 3–3 draw against Juventus on 11 September 2022

### Retirement

Mihashi announced her retirement from professional football to move into coaching at the end of the 2022–2023 season.

## International career

Mihashi was part of the Japan national under-23 football team between 2014 and 2017. During her time with the team, she took part in the Gwangju Universiade, scoring a goal against Mexico, and obtaining the bronze medal.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| MyNavi Sendai | 2017 | Nadeshiko League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| MyNavi Sendai | 2018 | Nadeshiko League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 2 |
| MyNavi Sendai | 2019 | Nadeshiko League | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| MyNavi Sendai | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | – | – | 50 | 3 |
| Sassuolo | 2020–21 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 2 |
| Sassuolo | 2021–22 | Serie A | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Sassuolo | Total | Total | 42 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4 |
| Inter Milan | 2022–23 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 88 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 7 |
* ↑ Includes Empress's Cup, Coppa Italia
* ↑ Includes Nadeshiko League Cup
* ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercoppa Italiana