Mihoko Iwaya
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is a former
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player. She played for Japan national team.


National team career

Iwaya was born on June 1, 1964. In June 1981, when she was 17 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on June 13, she debuted against
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and Japan won this match (1-0). That was the Japan team's first victory. She played two games for Japan, including that competition in 1981.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics


References

1964 births Living people Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players Women's association football goalkeepers 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub