Yūki Nagasato

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 footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Chicago Red Stars. She is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.

Yūki Nagasato
Nagasato with Frankfurt in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yūki Nagasato[1]
Date of birth (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987
Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Red Stars
Number 7
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)
2021 Racing Louisville 21 (2)
2022– Chicago Red Stars 27 (5)
International career‡
2004–2016 Japan 132 (58)
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
WinnerNadeshiko League2001
WinnerNadeshiko League2002
WinnerNadeshiko League2005
WinnerNadeshiko League2006
WinnerNadeshiko League2007
WinnerNadeshiko League2008
Runner-upNadeshiko League2003
Runner-upNadeshiko League2004
Runner-upNadeshiko League2009
WinnerNadeshiko League Cup2007
WinnerEmpress's Cup2004
WinnerEmpress's Cup2005
WinnerEmpress's Cup2007
WinnerEmpress's Cup2008
WinnerEmpress's Cup2009
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2002
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2003
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 Germany
Silver medal – second place2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place2008 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place2010 China
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023
‡ 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 caps.[4] She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, and came second in 2015.

Club career

Nagasato 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]

International career

In 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.[14][15] 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.[16]

Since 2016, she wore the number 10 shirt for Japan, after Homare Sawa retired at 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[17] After the tournament, new Japan's manager Asako Takakura gave the number 10 to Mizuho Sakaguchi and Nagasato wore the number 9.[18]

Personal life

Nagasato's brother Genki is a professional footballer, and her younger sister Asano also played for Turbine Potsdam.

Nagasato married in July 2011[19] 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

Club
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nippon TV Beleza 2001 00--
2002 20--20
2003 0020--20
2004 133--133
2005 211856--2624
2006 161832--1920
2007 18144123-2418
2008 20932--2311
2009 20745--2412
Total 11069211623-13388
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 2009–10 10610-52168
2010–11 21105613893528
2011–12 191322672722
2012–13 221852423122
Total 7247131013232010980
Chelsea 2013 500000-50
2014 1353141-207
Total 1853141-257
Wolfsburg 2014–15 9521-40156
1. FFC Frankfurt 2015–16 16523-51239
2015–16 19331-00224
Total 35854-514513
Chicago Red Stars 2017 61---61
2018 234---234
Total 295---295
Brisbane Roar 2018-19 114---114
Chicago Red Stars 2019 248---248
Career total 3081514433773221391212

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[20][21]
National team YearAppsGoals
Japan 200410
200596
2006139
2007124
2008179
200930
201031
2011173
2012169
2013126
201495
2015133
201673
Total13258

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
7.19 July 2006Adelaide, Australia Vietnam5–05–02006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.21 July 2006 Chinese Taipei2–011–1
9.3–0
10.5–1
11.8–1
12.11–1
13.30 July 2006 North Korea2–32–3
15.10 December 2006Doha, Qatar South Korea3–03–12006 Asian Games
16.4 August 2007Hải Phòng, Vietnam Vietnam8–08–02008 Summer Olympics qualification
17.12 August 2007Tokyo, Japan Thailand2–05–0
18.14 September 2007Shanghai, China Argentina1–01–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup
20.24 February 2008Chongqing, China China3–03–02008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
21.29 May 2008Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam South Korea1–01–32008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
22.31 May 2008 Chinese Taipei11–011–0
23.2 June 2008 Australia2–03–1
24.8 June 2008 Australia1–03–0
25.15 August 2008Qinhuangdao, China China2–02–02008 Summer Olympics
29.24 May 2010Chengdu, China North Korea2–02–12010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
30.4 March 2011Lagos, Portugal Finland3–05–02011 Algarve Cup
31.7 March 2011Parchal, Portugal Norway1–01–0
32.27 June 2011Bochum, Germany New Zealand1–02–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.29 February 2012Faro, Portugal Norway1–12–12012 Algarve Cup
32.7 March 2012 Germany3–33–4
33.5 April 2012Kobe, Japan Brazil2–14–12012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
34.18 June 2012Halmstad, Sweden United States1–21–42012 Sweden Invitational
35.20 June 2012Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden1–01–0
36.3 August 2012Cardiff, Wales Brazil1–02–02012 Summer Olympics
37.6 August 2012London, England France1–02–1
38.9 August 2012 United States1–21–2
42.11 March 2013Parchal, Portugal Denmark2–02–02013 Algarve Cup
43.13 March 2013Faro, Portugal China1–01–0
44.27 July 2013Seoul, South Korea South Korea1–21–22013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
50.10 March 2014Faro, Portugal Sweden2–12–12014 Algarve Cup
51.14 May 2014Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam Australia2–22–22014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
52.16 May 2014 Vietnam3–04–0
53.28 May 2015Nagano, Japan Italy1–01–0Friendly
54.16 June 2015Winnipeg, Canada Ecuador1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
55.5 July 2015Vancouver, Canada United States1–42–5
56.29 February 2016Osaka, Japan Australia1–21–32016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
57.7 March 2016 Vietnam6–16–1
58.2 June 2016Commerce City, United States United States2–03–3Friendly

Honours

Club

Nippon TV Beleza

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

VfL Wolfsburg

International

Japan

Individual

Performances

  • L.League top-goalscorer: 2006
  • L-League Best Eleven: 2005, 2006
  • Bundesliga top-goalscorer: 2013

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. Profile at Japan Football Association website
  5. "Chelsea Sign World Cup Winner". She Kicks. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/VfL-Frauenfussball/Og%5B%5D. imi-Der-VfL-holt-die-Weltmeisterin-sofort
  7. "Yuki Ogimi verlässt VfL". wolfsburg.de. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. "Chicago Signs Japanese International Yuki Nagasato". chicagoredstars.com. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. "Yuki Nagasato Voted NWSL Player of the Week". 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  10. "Japanese superstar Nagasato heads for Brisbane". 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. "Yuki Nagasato Makes History with Loan to Hayabusa Eleven". Chicago Red Stars. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. "First players announced!". www.newschain.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  13. "Yuki Nagasato Returns to Chicago Red Stars".
  14. "YUKI OGIMI JOINS CHELSEA LADIES FC". www.fawsl.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  15. 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.
  16. "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  17. "Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers". The Japan Times Online. 25 February 2016. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  18. Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
  19. On July 27, 2011 at Official site (in Japanese)
  20. Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
  21. List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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