Yūki Nagasato
 Nagasato playing for Wolfsburg in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Red Stars | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2009 | NTV Beleza | 110 | (69) |
| 2010–2013 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 71 | (48) |
| 2013–2014 | Chelsea | 18 | (5) |
| 2015 | Wolfsburg | 9 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Frankfurt | 35 | (8) |
| 2017- | Chicago Red Stars | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004– | Japan | 132 | (58) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:36, 24 May 2017 (UTC) | |||
Yūki Nagasato (永里 優季, Nagasato Yūki) (born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese women's football striker.[2] She plays for National Women's Soccer League club Chicago Red Stars. She is a member of the Japan women's national football team, whom she represented in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which they defeated United States in the final.
Career
She played for Potsdam in Germany, where she won the Bundesliga topscorer award. She also won the UEFA Women's Champions League with the team. In 2013, she transferred to the English FA WSL club Chelsea.[3]
She joined Wolfsburg in early 2015 to play in a stronger league for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] In August 2015, Nagasato joined UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 winners 1. FFC Frankfurt.[5] On 24 May 2017 it was announced that she had signed with the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League.[6]
She was also part of Japan's 2008 Olympic team and 2007 World Cup.[7]
Since 2016, she has worn the number 10 shirt for Japan, after Homare Sawa retired.[8]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NTV Beleza | 2001 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||||||
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |||||||
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2005 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 26 | 24 | |||
| 2006 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 20 | |||
| 2007 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 24 | 18 | ||
| 2008 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 23 | 11 | |||
| 2009 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 24 | 12 | |||
| Total | 110 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | - | 133 | 88 | ||
| 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 2009–10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 28 | |
| 2011–12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2012–13 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 22 | |||
| Total | 72 | 47 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 109 | 80 | |
| Chelsea | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 20 | 7 | ||
| Total | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 25 | 7 | ||
| Wolfsburg | 2014–15 | ||||||||||
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2015–16 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 200 | 121 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 267 | 175 | |
Honours
Teams
- NTV Beleza
- Champions: 2002, 2005, 2008
- Champions: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
- L. League Cup
- Champion: 2007
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
- Champion 2010
- VfL Wolfsburg
- Winner: 2014–15
- Japan National Team
- Champion: 2008
- Silver Medal: 2012
Individual
- Top scorer: 2006
- Best Eleven: 2005, 2006
- Top scorer: 2013
Personal life
Her brother Genki is football player for Ratchaburi, her younger sister Asano is Women's football player for Turbine Potsdam. In the summer of 2012 she married and changed her registered name from Nagasato to Ōgimi before the 2012 Summer Olympics. Upon her divorce in 2016, she re-assumed her maiden name.
References
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Profile at Japan Football Association website
- ^ "Chelsea Sign World Cup Winner". She Kicks. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/VfL-Frauenfussball/Ogimi-Der-VfL-holt-die-Weltmeisterin-sofort
- ^ "Yuki Ogimi verlässt VfL". wolfsburg.de. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Chicago Signs Japanese International Yuki Nagasato". chicagoredstars.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "YUKI OGIMI JOINS CHELSEA LADIES FC". www.fawsl.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers". The Japan Times Online. 25 February 2016. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
External links
- Yūki Nagasato at Soccerway
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
- Chelsea L.F.C. players
- FA WSL players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Japanese expatriates in Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- FIFA Century Club
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Japanese expatriates in England
- Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
- NTV Beleza players
- Japan Women's Football League players
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- Women's association football forwards
- 1. FFC Frankfurt players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games