Aoba Fujino

About

Aoba Fujino (藤野 あおば, Fujino Aoba; IPA: [ɸɯʑino aꜜoba]; born 27 January 2004) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women’s Super League club Manchester City and the Japan national team.

Fujino begun her youth career with Nippon TV Menina, the youth academy of Tokyo Verdy Beleza. Unable to progress through the youth rank, she left the team and instead went on to Jumonji High School. She rejoined Tokyo Verdy Beleza upon her graduation from high school.
Fujino made her WE League debut on 16 October 2021. On 2 August 2024, she signed a three-year deal with Women’s Super League side Manchester City. She scored her first goal for the club during a 3-2 UEFA Champions League win against St. Pölten on 16 October 2024.
In the first home game of the 2025–26 season, Fujino assisted the winning goal to make it 2–1 against Brighton.

In July 2022, Fujino was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2022 U-20 World Cup where Japan were the runners-up.
On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan’s 23-player squad for the 2023 FIFA World Cup. On July 26, 2023, she scored her first World Cup goal against Costa Rica in the…