Aya Miyama

is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Miyama was a member of the Japan national team that won the 2011 World Cup.

She was named the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Player of the Year in 2011.

Miyama was a member of the women's team in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing.  She was elected captain of the team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.Her play was highlighted when she scored a crucial goal in her team's first game.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Nippon TV Beleza|1999|0|0|||||–|||||
|2000|6|2|||–|–||||||||
|rowspan="7"|Okayama Yunogo Belle|2003|16|13|2|1|–|–|18|14||||
|2004|14|17|||–|–||||||||
|2005|21|8|4|4|–|–|25|12||||||
|2006|17|6|4|0|–|–|21|16||||||
|2007|21|9|2|0|0|0|–|23|9|||||
|2008|21|9|2|1|–|–|23|10||||||
|Los Angeles Sol|2009|20|0|–|–|1|0|21|0|||||
|Okayama Yunogo Belle|2009|6|1|2|2|–|–|8|3|||||
|Saint Louis Athletica|2010|5|0|–|–|–|5|0||||||
|Atlanta Beat|2010|17|1|–|–|–|17|1||||||
|rowspan="7"|Okayama Yunogo Belle|2010|7|4|2|0|0|0|–|9|4|||
|2011|16|9|3|1|–|–|19|10||||||
|2012|18|5|2|2|4|2|–|24|9|||||
|2013|18|6|3|1|10|9|–|31|16|||||
|2014|28|15|2|1|–|–|30|16||||||
|2015|24|6|2|1|–|–|26|7||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Japan|2003|6|2|
|2004|1|2|||
|2005|9|2|||
|2006|17|3|||
|2007|17|6|||
|2008|18|4|||
|2009|1|1|||
|2010|17|2|||
|2011|18|4|||
|2012|16|3|||
|2013|7|1|||
|2014|17|4|||
|2015|13|4|||
|2016|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miyama goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 June 2003|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||13–0|15–0|2003 AFC Women's Championship||||||||
|2|22 July 2003|Sendai Stadium, Sendai, Japan||4–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|18 December 2004|Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium, Tokyo, Japan||2–0|11–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|4–0|||||||||||||
|5|29 March 2005|Miranda, Australia||1–2|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|6|21 May 2005|Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium, Tokyo, Japan||5–0|6–0|Friendly||||||||
|7|23 July 2006|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia||1–0|1–0|2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup||||||||
|8|23 November 2006|Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe, Germany||2–6|3–6|Friendly||||||||
|9|30 November 2006|Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar||2–0|13–0|2006 Asian Games||||||||
|10|12 February 2007|GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|11|10 March 2007|National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan||2–0|2–0|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification||||||||
|12|10 June 2007|Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon, South Korea||2–1|2–2|2008 Summer Olympics qualification||||||||
|13|4 August 2007|Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam||4–0|8–0|2008 Summer Olympics qualification||||||||
|14|11 September 2007|Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China||1–0|2–2|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup||||||||
|15|2–2|||||||||||||
|16|18 February 2008|Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing, China||2–2|3–2|2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship||||||||
|17|2 June 2008|Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam||3–0|3–1|2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup||||||||
|18|8 June 2008|2–0||||||||||||
|19|6 August 2008|Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China||1–2|2–2|2008 Summer Olympics||||||||
|20|14 November 2009|Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama, Japan||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|21|6 February 2010|Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Japan||1–0|2–0|2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship||||||||
|22|20 May 2010|Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China||5–0|8–0|2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup||||||||
|23|2 March 2011|Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal||1–2|1–2|2011 Algarve Cup||||||||
|24|18 June 2011|Ningineer Stadium, Matsuyama, Japan||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|25|27 June 2011|Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany||2–1|2–1|2011 FIFA Women's World Cup||||||||
|26|17 July 2011|Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany||1–1|2–2|2011 FIFA Women's World Cup||||||||
|27|5 April 2012|Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan||3–1|4–1|Kirin Challenge Cup||||||||
|28|11 July 2012|National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|29|25 July 2012|City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry, England||2–0|2–1|2012 Summer Olympics||||||||
|30|26 September 2013|Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|31|5 March 2014|Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal||1–1|1–1|2014 Algarve Cup||||||||
|32|10 March 2014|Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal||2–1|2–1|2014 Algarve Cup||||||||
|33|18 September 2014|Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea||10–0|12–0|2014 Asian Games||||||||
|34|1 October 2014|Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon, South Korea||1–2|1–3|2014 Asian Games||||||||
|35|11 March 2015|Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal||1–0|2–0|2015 Algarve Cup||||||||
|36|2–0|||||||||||||
|37|9 June 2015|BC Place, Vancouver, Canada||1–0|1–0|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup||||||||
|38|23 June 2015|BC Place, Vancouver, Canada||2–0|2–1|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup||||||||

## Honors

**Japan**
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2015
- Summer Olympics runner-up: 2012
- AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014
- Asian Games Gold Medal: 2010
- East Asian Football Championship: 2008, 2010

**Individual**
- FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2011
- FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball: 2015
- AFC Women's Asian Cup Best player: 2014
- AFC Women's Player of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2015
- Algarve Cup Best player: 2012
- L.League Division 1 Best Eleven (6): 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- L.League Division 2 Best Player: 2004
- L.League Division 2 top scorer: 2004
- FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015
- IFFHS AFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Aya Miyama
- **image**: Aya Miyama in 2011.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Miyama at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011 World Cup
- **fullname**: Aya Miyama
- **birth place**: Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan
- **height**: 1.57 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1999–2000
- **clubs1**: Nippon TV Beleza
- **caps1**: 6
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2001–2008
- **clubs2**: Okayama Yunogo Belle
- **caps2**: 110
- **goals2**: 62
- **years3**: 2009
- **clubs3**: Los Angeles Sol
- **caps3**: 20
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2009
- **clubs4**: Okayama Yunogo Belle
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2010
- **clubs5**: Saint Louis Athletica
- **caps5**: 5
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2010
- **clubs6**: Atlanta Beat (WPS), Atlanta Beat
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2010–2016
- **clubs7**: Okayama Yunogo Belle
- **caps7**: 122
- **goals7**: 48
- **totalcaps**: 286
- **totalgoals**: 114
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2016
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 162
- **nationalgoals1**: 38