Hiromi Ikeda

Hiromi Ikeda
池田浩美
Personal information
Full name	Hiromi Ikeda
Date of birth	December 22, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Honjo, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Honjo Daiichi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2008	Tasaki Perule FC
Total
International career
1997–2008	Japan
Medal record
Tasaki Perule FC
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hiromi Ikeda (池田浩美, Ikeda Hiromi, born December 22, 1975) (former name; Hiromi Isozaki, 磯﨑浩美) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Ikeda was born in Honjo on December 22, 1975. She joined Tasaki Perule FC in 1995. She was selected for the Best Young Player award in 1995. She was also selected as one of the Best Eleven for 10 years in a row (1999-2008). However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. She retired at the end of the 2008 season. She played 236 matches in the L.League.

National team career

On June 8, 1997, Ikeda debuted for the Japan national team against China.^[1] She was a member of the national team for the 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cups; as well as at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she played as captain because Captain Yumi Obe was held in reserve. After the 2004 Summer Olympics, she became captain until the 2008 Summer Olympics. She played 119 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2008.

Personal life

Ikeda got married in 2007 and changed her name from Hiromi Isozaki (磯﨑浩美) to Hiromi Ikeda (池田浩美).

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	6	0
1998	9	0
1999	8	0
2000	5	0
2001	10	3
2002	6	0
2003	11	1
2004	10	0
2005	9	0
2006	17	0
2007	16	0
2008	12	0
Total	119	4

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
4.	13 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	5–0	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship

Titles

1 L.League (2003)
4 Empress's Cup (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006)

References

^ ^a ^b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

Hiromi Ikeda – FIFA competition record (archived)
Hiromi Ikeda^{[dead link]} – FIFA competition record
Hiromi Ikeda at Soccerway
Hiromi Ikeda at WorldFootball.net
Hiromi Ikeda at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[JFA-1] Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

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