Riho Sakamoto

Riho Sakamoto
Personal information
Full name	Riho Sakamoto
Date of birth	July 7, 1992
Place of birth	Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2008–2010	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2014	Urawa Reds
2015–2018	AC Nagano Parceiro
2019–2020	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls
International career
2012	Japan U-20
2017	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2019 season

Riho Sakamoto (坂本理保, Sakamoto Riho; born July 7, 1992) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Sakamoto was born in Tochigi Prefecture on July 7, 1992. After graduating from Tokiwagi Gakuen High School, she joined Urawa Reds in 2011.^[1] She moved to AC Nagano Parceiro in 2015.^[2] She played 69 matches until 2018. In 2019, she moved to NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls. She left the club end of 2020 season.^[3]

In 2012, Sakamoto was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup. Japan won the 3rd place. On July 30, 2017, she debuted for the Japan national team against Australia.

Statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	1	0
Total	1	0

References

↑ Urawa Reds Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
↑ AC Nagano Parceiro Archived 2018-03-11 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
↑ NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls(in Japanese)
↑ List of match in 2017 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Riho Sakamoto at Soccerway.com

Riho Sakamoto at WorldFootball.net
Japan Football Association

[1] Urawa Reds Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)

[2] AC Nagano Parceiro Archived 2018-03-11 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)

[3] NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls(in Japanese)

[4] List of match in 2017 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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