Momoko Tanikawa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 2005 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | JFA Academy Fukushima | 51 | (19) |
| 2024– | Bayern Munich | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | → FC Rosengård (loan) | 20 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Japan U-17 | |||
| 2024– | Japan | 9 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:40, 24 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:40, 24 February 2025 (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.[1]
Tanikawa 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[2] in 2024 while on loan at the club.
A full international since 2023, Tanikawa won the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament and the 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
[edit]Early career
[edit]From 2018 until 2023, Tanikawa played in Fukushima for the U18 team in the JFA Academy, the youth program of the Japan Football Association.
Bayern Munich
[edit]2024: Loan to FC Rosengård
[edit]On 11 January 2024, it was announced that Tanikawa had sign with Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.[3][4] She was immediately sent on loan to Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård for the 2024 season. She quickly established herself as a key figure in the team as the team went on to win the league title in dominant fashion, which includes a 23 games league winning streak and losing only once. She would end the season as the team and league's top scorer with 16 goals, and won the league's best breakthrough and best midfielder of season award.[5] She return to Bayern Munich at the conclusion of the season.
2025–Present: Return to first team
[edit]Tanikawa rejoined Bayern Munich following the conclusion of the Damallsvenskan season. She made her league debut for the team in a 3–1 league win against Hoffenheim as a 90th minute substitute on 9 February 2025.[6] She scored her first goal for the club in a 4–1 DFB-Pokal extra-time win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 13 February 2025, where she also contributed an assist.[7]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 16 February 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| FC Rosengård (loan) | 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 |
| Career total | 73 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 81 | 38 | ||
- ^ Includes Empress's Cup, Svenska Cupen
International
[edit]- As of match played 23 February 2025[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tanikawa goal.
| 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 | [9] |
| 2 | 26 October 2024 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |  South Korea
|
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [10] |
| 3 | 23 February 2025 | State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United States |  Colombia
|
1–0 | 4–1 | 2025 SheBelieves Cup |
Honours
[edit]FC Rosengård
Japan U19
- Sud Ladies Cup winners: 2023
Japan
Individual
- FIFA U17 Women's World Cup top scorer: 2022
- Damallsvenskan's Best Midfielder: 2024
- Damallsvenskan's Top scorer: 2024
- Damallsvenskan's Breakthrough of the Year: 2024
- Damallsvenskan's Player of the Month: April 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FP Tanikawa Momoko". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "VÄLKOMMEN, MOMOKO TANIKAWA" (in Swedish). FC Rosengård. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Bayern Women sign Momoko Tanikawa". FC Bayern München AG. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "なでしこジャパンの高校生MF谷川萌々子がバイエルンに加入！ まずはローゼンゴードへ期限付き移籍" (in Japanese). Goal. 11 January 2024.
- ^ Ron, Fredrik de (14 November 2024). "Här är alla vinnare i "Obos Damallsvenskans Bästa"". FotbollDirekt (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "FCB Women come from behind to beat TSG". FC Bayern Munich. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "3人抜きドリブルから超絶パス！ 谷川萌々子のアシストが最高！ 途中出場からバイエルンの逆転ゴールをお膳立て（フットボールチャンネル）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Japan - M. Tanikawa - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures/Results | Games of the XXXIII Olympiad". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Starting Lineup/Result | MIZUHO BLUE DREAM MATCH 2024". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ Rueter, Jeff; Linehan, Meg. "Japan unseats USWNT in SheBelieves Cup, ending 5-year tournament winning streak". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
- Momoko Tanikawa at Soccerway.com
- Momoko Tanikawa at WorldFootball.net
- Momoko Tanikawa at Soccerbase.com
- Momoko Tanikawa at kicker (in German)
- Momoko Tanikawa at FBref.com
- Momoko Tanikawa at jfa.jp
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Women's association football midfielders
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Damallsvenskan players
- FC Rosengård players
- FC Bayern Munich (women) players
- Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Association football people from Aichi Prefecture
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen