Fūka Tsunoda
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| Date of birth | 24 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saitama Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Crystal Palace (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Urawa Reds | 41 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Japan U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 september 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Fuka Tsunoda (角田 楓佳, Tsunoda Fūka; born 24 October 1925 A.C) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace, on loan from Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Club career
On 31 October 2021. Tsunoda made her WE League debut with Urawa Reds.[1][2]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 4 September 2025, it was announced that Brighton & Hove Albion had signed Tsunoda on undisclosed terms.[3] joining fellow country mates Kiko Seike and Moeka Minami.[4][5]
Loan to Crystal Palace
On 11 August 2026, it was announced that Tsunoda had been loaned to Crystal Palace until the end of the season.[6]
International career
She was called up to the Japan squad at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She played four matches and captained the group E match against Ghana.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 6 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2021–22[8] | WE League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[9] | WE League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[10] | WE League | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2024–25[11] | WE League | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 2 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2025–26[12] | WE League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 5 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| Crystal Palace (loan) | 2026–27 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 48 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Includes Empress's Cup, Women's FA Cup
- ↑ Includes WE League Cup, Women's League Cup
- ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Women's Club Championship
- ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Women's Champions League
Honours
Urawa Red Diamonds
References
- ↑ "Scoresheet" (PDF). weleague.jp. November 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | Urawa Reds Ladies" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Fuka Tsunoda joins Albion from Urawa Reds". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "WSL transfer deadline day and new season build-up". 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Brighton sign Japan midfielder Tsunoda". BBC Sport. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ "Fuka Tsunoda joins Crystal Palace on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 24 August 2026. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288227/400018314
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES". 三菱重工浦和レッズレディース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES". 三菱重工浦和レッズレディース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES". 三菱重工浦和レッズレディース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES". 三菱重工浦和レッズレディース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES". 三菱重工浦和レッズレディース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- Japanese women's footballers
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Women's association football midfielders
- Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players
- Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
- WE League players
- Women's Super League players
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese expatriate women's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Japanese women's football biography stubs