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Rumi Utsugi
	Rumi Utsugi during PSG-Montpellier (season 2012–2013)
Personal information
Full name	Rumi Utsugi
Date of birth	5 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Kawasaki, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Number	30
Youth career
1995–1999	Kawasaki Wings
1999–2000	Kawasaki Frontale
2000–2002	Nippon TV Menina
2002–2004	Nippon TV Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2010	Nippon TV Beleza
2010–2016	Montpellier
2016–2019	Reign FC
2021–	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
International career‡
2008	Japan U-20
2005–2019	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Rumi Utsugi (宇津木瑠美, Utsugi Rumi, born 5 December 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy Beleza of the WE League.^[2] She has previously played for Reign FC and Montpellier.

A former Japanese international, Utsugi helped the national team win the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Utsugi was born in Kawasaki on 5 December 1988. She began her professional career at Nippon TV Beleza in 2004. During her time at the club, she won four L.League titles and five Empress's Cups. In August 2010, after six years at Beleza, Utsugi departed her home country to sign for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine.^[3] After joining the club, she became the first Japanese player to play in the league.^[4]

International career

A left-footed defensive midfielder, Utsugi has represented Japan at the 2007, 2011, and 2015 editions of the World Cup, as well as two Asian Cup competitions. Japan won the 2011 World Cup.^[5] She was named in the World Cup 2015 All-Star squad.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nippon TV Beleza	2004	9	0	0	0	–		9	0
	2005	14	1	2	0	–		16	1
	2006	7	0	3	1	–		10	1
	2007	9	0	2	0	2	0	13	0
	2008	9	1	1	0	–		10	1
	2009	20	3	3	0	–		23	3
	2010	8	2	–		1	0	9	2
	Total	76	7	11	1	3	0	90	8
Montpellier	2010–11	19	3	5	1	–		24	4
	2011–12	16	2	5	1	–		21	3
	2012–13	17	0	5	0	–		22	0
	2013–14	18	10	1	0	–		19	10
	2014–15	19	3	6	0	–		25	3
	2015–16	12	1	2	0	–		14	1
	Total	101	19	24	2	–		125	21
Reign FC	2016	7	1	–		–		7	1
	2017	20	1	–		–		20	1
	2018	16	1	–		–		16	1
	Total	43	3	–		–		43	3
Career total		220	29	35	3	3	0	258	32

International

^[7]^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2005	5	0
	2006	2	0
	2007	9	0
	2008	10	4
	2009	3	0
	2010	9	1
	2011	9	0
	2012	7	0
	2013	8	0
	2014	12	0
	2015	13	0
	2016	3	0
	2017	13	0
	2018	8	1
	2019	2	0
Total		113	6

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Utsugi goal.

List of international goals scored by Rumi Utsugi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 March 2008	Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus	Russia	3–1	3–1	2008 Cyprus Cup
2	12 March 2008	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Netherlands	2–1	2–1	2008 Cyprus Cup
3	31 May 2008	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Chinese Taipei	2–0	11–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
4	31 May 2008	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Chinese Taipei	5–0	11–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
5	22 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu, China	Thailand	3–0	4–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
6	2 March 2018	Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal	Iceland	2–1	2–1	2018 Algarve Cup