Yūki Nagasato (永里 優季, Nagasato Yūki, born 15 July 1987), known from 2012 to 2016 as Yūki Ōgimi (大儀見 優季, Ōgimi Yūki),[3] is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Houston Dash. She is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.
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Full name | Yūki Nagasato[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 July 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Houston Dash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2009 | Nippon TV Beleza | 110 | (69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Turbine Potsdam | 71 | (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Chelsea | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Wolfsburg | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Frankfurt | 35 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Chicago Red Stars | 56 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Brisbane Roar (loan) | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | → Hayabusa Eleven (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Racing Louisville | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Chicago Red Stars | 27 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Houston Dash | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2016 | Japan | 132 | (58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:48, 16 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:36, 24 May 2017 (UTC) |
Nagasato represented Japan internationally between 2004 and 2016, scoring 58 goals in 132 appearances.[4] She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, and was part of the runners-up team in 2015.
Club career
editNagasato was born in Atsugi on 15 July 1987. In 2001, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from her youth team. In the 2002 season, she debuted in L.League. She became one of the division's top scorers in 2006 season. She also won the league championship 6 times (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).
In 2010, Nagasato moved to Turbine Potsdam in Germany, where she won the Bundesliga's leading goal-scorer award. She also won the UEFA Champions League with that team. In 2013, she transferred to the English FA WSL club Chelsea.[5]
She joined Wolfsburg in early 2015 to play in a stronger league for the 2015 World Cup.[6] In August 2015, Nagasato joined UEFA Champions League 2015 winners Frankfurt.[7]
On 24 May 2017 it was announced that she had signed with the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), she appeared in only 6 games in 2017 due to injury.[8] In 2018 she was named Player of the Week for week 10 [9]
In October 2018, Nagasato signed with Brisbane Roar on loan for the 2018–19 W-League season.[10]
On 10 September 2020, Nagasato made history by becoming the first woman to play for Hayabusa Eleven, a men's team in the Kanagawa Prefecture League; she joined on loan until prior to the beginning of the 2021 NWSL season.[11]
On 26 October 2020, newly-formed club Racing Louisville FC announced Nagasato as one of their first signings for the 2021 National Women's Soccer League season.[12]
On 11 January 2022, the Red Stars announced that Nagasato would be returning to Chicago.[13]
On 12 January 2024, she signed with Houston Dash.[14]
International career
editIn April 2004, Nagasato was selected Japan national team for 2004 Summer Olympics qualification. At this competition, on 22 April, she debuted against Thailand. She was also part of Japan's 2008 Summer Olympic team and 2007 World Cup.[15][16] Nagasato was part of the Japan squad that won the 2011 World Cup. She played as a substitute in the final against the United States. The game went to penalties and Nagasato had her penalty saved by Hope Solo, but Japan still emerged victorious.[17]
Since 2016, she wore the number 10 shirt for Japan, after Homare Sawa retired at 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[18] After the tournament, new Japan's manager Asako Takakura gave the number 10 to Mizuho Sakaguchi and Nagasato wore the number 9.[19]
Personal life
editNagasato's brother Genki is a professional footballer, and her younger sister Asano also played for Turbine Potsdam.
Nagasato married in July 2011[20] 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.
Career statistics
editClub
editClub | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nippon TV Beleza | 2001 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||||||
2002 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||||
2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||
2004 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 13 | 3 | |||||
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 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
1. FFC Frankfurt | 2015–16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | |
2015–16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||
Total | 35 | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 1 | 45 | 13 | ||
Chicago Red Stars | 2017 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | |||
2018 | 23 | 4 | - | - | - | 23 | 4 | ||||
Total | 29 | 5 | - | - | - | 29 | 5 | ||||
Brisbane Roar | 2018-19 | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | |||
Chicago Red Stars | 2019 | 24 | 8 | - | - | - | 24 | 8 | |||
2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
2023 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
Racing Louisville | 2021 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
Houston Dash | 2024 | 19 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
Career total | 389 | 163 | 60 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 489 | 226 |
International
editNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Japan | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
2005 | 9 | 6 | |
2006 | 13 | 9 | |
2007 | 12 | 4 | |
2008 | 17 | 9 | |
2009 | 3 | 0 | |
2010 | 3 | 1 | |
2011 | 17 | 3 | |
2012 | 16 | 9 | |
2013 | 12 | 6 | |
2014 | 9 | 5 | |
2015 | 13 | 3 | |
2016 | 7 | 3 | |
Total | 132 | 58 |
International goals
editNo. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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7. | 19 July 2006 | Adelaide, Australia | Vietnam | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
8. | 21 July 2006 | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | 11–1 | ||
9. | 3–0 | |||||
10. | 5–1 | |||||
11. | 8–1 | |||||
12. | 11–1 | |||||
13. | 30 July 2006 | North Korea | 2–3 | 2–3 | ||
15. | 10 December 2006 | Doha, Qatar | South Korea | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2006 Asian Games |
16. | 4 August 2007 | Hải Phòng, Vietnam | Vietnam | 8–0 | 8–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
17. | 12 August 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Thailand | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
18. | 14 September 2007 | Shanghai, China | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
20. | 24 February 2008 | Chongqing, China | China | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship |
21. | 29 May 2008 | Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | South Korea | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
22. | 31 May 2008 | Chinese Taipei | 11–0 | 11–0 | ||
23. | 2 June 2008 | Australia | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
24. | 8 June 2008 | Australia | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
25. | 15 August 2008 | Qinhuangdao, China | China | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
29. | 24 May 2010 | Chengdu, China | North Korea | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
30. | 4 March 2011 | Lagos, Portugal | Finland | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2011 Algarve Cup |
31. | 7 March 2011 | Parchal, Portugal | Norway | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
32. | 27 June 2011 | Bochum, Germany | New Zealand | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
31. | 29 February 2012 | Faro, Portugal | Norway | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2012 Algarve Cup |
32. | 7 March 2012 | Germany | 3–3 | 3–4 | ||
33. | 5 April 2012 | Kobe, Japan | Brazil | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup |
34. | 18 June 2012 | Halmstad, Sweden | United States | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2012 Sweden Invitational |
35. | 20 June 2012 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
36. | 3 August 2012 | Cardiff, Wales | Brazil | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
37. | 6 August 2012 | London, England | France | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
38. | 9 August 2012 | United States | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||
42. | 11 March 2013 | Parchal, Portugal | Denmark | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
43. | 13 March 2013 | Faro, Portugal | China | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
44. | 27 July 2013 | Seoul, South Korea | South Korea | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup |
50. | 10 March 2014 | Faro, Portugal | Sweden | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 Algarve Cup |
51. | 14 May 2014 | Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | Australia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
52. | 16 May 2014 | Vietnam | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
53. | 28 May 2015 | Nagano, Japan | Italy | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
54. | 16 June 2015 | Winnipeg, Canada | Ecuador | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
55. | 5 July 2015 | Vancouver, Canada | United States | 1–4 | 2–5 | |
56. | 29 February 2016 | Osaka, Japan | Australia | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
57. | 7 March 2016 | Vietnam | 6–1 | 6–1 | ||
58. | 2 June 2016 | Commerce City, United States | United States | 2–0 | 3–3 | Friendly |
Honours
editNippon TV Beleza
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
VfL Wolfsburg
Japan
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2015
- East Asian Football Championship: 2008
- Summer Olympic Games runner-up: 2012
- AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014
Individual
- L.League top-goalscorer: 2006
- L-League Best Eleven: 2005, 2006
- Bundesliga top-goalscorer: 2013
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Profile at Japan Football Association website
- ^ "Chelsea Sign World Cup Winner". She Kicks. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/VfL-Frauenfussball/Og[permanent dead link ]. imi-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. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Yuki Nagasato Voted NWSL Player of the Week". 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Japanese superstar Nagasato heads for Brisbane". 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Yuki Nagasato Makes History with Loan to Hayabusa Eleven". Chicago Red Stars. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "First players announced!". www.newschain.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Yuki Nagasato Returns to Chicago Red Stars".
- ^ "Houston Dash sign veteran forward Yuki Nagasato | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC.
- ^ "YUKI OGIMI JOINS CHELSEA LADIES FC". www.fawsl.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuki Nagasato-Ogimi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers". The Japan Times Online. 25 February 2016. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "なでしこジャパン | JFA|公益財団法人日本サッカー協会". www.jfa.jp.
- ^ "永里優季『報告』". 永里優季オフィシャルブログ「LIFE IS ART」Powered by Ameba.
- ^ "Japan Football Association" (PDF).
- ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Yūki Nagasato at Soccerway.com
- Yūki Nagasato at WorldFootball.net
- Yūki Nagasato at FBref.com
- Yūki Nagasato at the German Football Association
- Yūki Nagasato at Olympics.com
- Yūki Nagasato – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Japan Football Association
- Yuki Nagasato-Ogimi at Olympedia (archive)