Momoko Tanikawa

Momoko Tanikawa
谷川 萌々子
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-05-07) 7 May 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Aichi, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Rosengård
Number 10
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[1][2] 0 (0)
2024–FC Rosengård (loan) 18 (14)
International career
Japan U-17
2024– Japan 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:54, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Momoko Tanikawa (谷川 萌々子, Momoko Tanikawa, born 7 May 2005) is a Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård,[3] on loan from Bayern Munich and the Japan national team.[4] Tanikawa won the 2022 Asian Games women's football tournament and 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.

  1. ^ "FC Bayern Women sign Momoko Tanikawa". FC Bayern München AG. 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "VÄLKOMMEN, MOMOKO TANIKAWA" (in Swedish). FC Rosengård. 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "FP Tanikawa Momoko". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.