Midori Honda
Midori Honda (本田 美登里, Honda Midori; born 16 November 1964) is a Japanese football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team.[1] As a player, Honda played for Japan national team.
Club career
Honda was born in Shizuoka on 16 November 1964. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC. She won Empress's Cup for 4 years in a row (1980-1983). In 1985, she moved to Yomiuri Nippon SC Ladies Beleza. The club won L.League for 3 years in a row (1990-1992). She was selected Best Eleven in 1990 season.
National team career
In June 1981, when Honda was 16 years old, she was selected Japan national team for 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on 7 June, she debuted against Chinese Taipei. This match is Japan team first match in International A Match. She also played at 1986, 1989, 1991 AFC Championship and 1990 Asian Games. She was also a member of Japan national team for 1991 World Cup. This competition was her last game for Japan. She played 43 games for Japan until 1991.[2]
Coaching career
In 2001, Honda became manager for new club Okayama Yunogo Belle. She instructed international players, Aya Miyama, Miho Fukumoto and so on. End of 2010 season, she resigned. In 2013, she became manager for AC Nagano Parceiro.
In February 2022, Honda became the head coach of the Uzbekistan women's national football team.[1]
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 43 | 0 |
References
External links
- Midori Honda – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Midori Honda at Soccerway
- Midori Honda at WorldFootball.net
- Profile
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Kokushikan University alumni
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- Japanese women's football managers
- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football defenders
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Football people from Shizuoka (city)
- Female association football managers
- Japanese expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan women's national football team managers
- 20th-century Japanese sportswomen
- Asian Games silver medalists in football
- 1981 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1986 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1989 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1991 AFC Women's Championship players
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
- Japanese football defender, 1960s birth stubs