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Yūki Nagasato

Japanese footballer (born 1987)

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Japanese footballer (born 1987)

FieldValue
nameYūki Nagasato
永里 優季
imageYuki Nagasato BL FCB gg. 1. FFC Frankfurt Muenchen-1 (cropped).jpg
captionNagasato with Frankfurt in 2016
birth_date
birth_placeAtsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
height1.68 m
positionStriker
years12001–2009
clubs1Nippon TV Beleza
caps1110
goals169
years22010–2013
clubs2Turbine Potsdam
caps271
goals248
years32013–2014
clubs3Chelsea
caps318
goals35
years42015
clubs4Wolfsburg
caps49
goals44
years52015–2017
clubs5Frankfurt
caps535
goals58
years62017–2020
clubs6Chicago Red Stars
caps656
goals613
years72018–2019
clubs7→ Brisbane Roar (loan)
caps711
goals74
years82020
clubs8→ Hayabusa Eleven (loan)
caps84
goals80
years92021
clubs9Racing Louisville
caps921
goals92
clubs10Chicago Red Stars
years102022–2023
caps1027
goals105
years112024
clubs11Houston Dash
caps1119
goals113
totalcaps381
totalgoals161
nationalyears12004–2016
nationalteam1Japan
nationalcaps1132
nationalgoals158
medaltemplates

永里 優季

Yūki Nagasato, known from 2012 to 2016 as Yūki Ōgimi, is a Japanese former footballer who played as a striker. Nagasato is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.

Nagasato represented Japan internationally between 2004 and 2016, scoring 58 goals in 132 appearances. She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, and was part of the runners-up team 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.

She joined Wolfsburg in early 2015 to play in a stronger league for the 2015 World Cup. In August 2015, Nagasato joined UEFA Champions League 2015 winners Frankfurt.

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. In 2018 she was named Player of the Week for week 10

In October 2018, Nagasato signed with Brisbane Roar on loan for the 2018–19 W-League season.

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.

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.

On 11 January 2022, the Red Stars announced that Nagasato would be returning to Chicago.

On 12 January 2024, Nagasato signed with Houston Dash.

On 4 March 2025, Nagasato retired from professional football.

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. 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.

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

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 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

ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTotal11069211623colspan="2"-13388Total7247131013232010980Total1853141colspan="2"-257Total35854colspan="2"-514513Total295colspan="2"-colspan="2"-colspan="2"-295Career total3891636034883221489226
Nippon TV Beleza200100--
200220--20
20030020--20
2004133--133
2005211856--2624
2006161832--1920
200718144123-2418
200820932--2311
200920745--2412
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam2009–1010610-52168
2010–1121105613893528
2011–12191322672722
2012–13221852423122
Chelsea2013500000-50
20141353141-207
Wolfsburg2014–159521-40156
1. FFC Frankfurt2015–1616523-51239
2015–1619331-00224
Chicago Red Stars201761---61
2018234---234
Brisbane Roar2018-19114---114
Chicago Red Stars2019248---248
20200020000020
2022224600000284
2023193410000234
Racing Louisville2021212401100263
Houston Dash2024193-0000193

International

National teamYearAppsGoalsTotal13258
Japan200410
200596
2006139
2007124
2008179
200930
201031
2011173
2012169
2013126
201495
2015133
201673
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 May 2005Tokyo, Japan?–06–0Friendly
2.?–0
3.26 May 2005Russia?–?4–2
4.28 May 2005?–02–0
5.23 July 2005Tokyo, Japan1–24–2
6.3–2
7.19 July 2006Adelaide, Australia5–05–02006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.21 July 20062–011–1
9.3–0
10.5–1
11.8–1
12.11–1
13.30 July 20062–32–3
15.10 December 2006Doha, Qatar3–03–12006 Asian Games
16.28 July 2007San Jose, United States1–41–4Friendly
17.4 August 2007Hải Phòng, Vietnam8–08–02008 Summer Olympics qualification
18.12 August 2007Tokyo, Japan2–05–0
19.14 September 2007Shanghai, China1–01–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup
20.24 February 2008Chongqing, China3–03–02008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
21.5 March 2008Larnaca, Cyprus1–03–12008 Cyprus Women's Cup
22.29 May 2008Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam1–01–32008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
23.31 May 200811–011–0
24.2 June 20082–03–1
25.8 June 20081–03–0
26.24 July 2008Kobe, Japan2–03–0Friendly
27.29 July 2008Tokyo, Japan2–02–0
28.15 August 2008Qinhuangdao, China2–02–02008 Summer Olympics
29.24 May 2010Chengdu, China2–02–12010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
30.4 March 2011Lagos, Portugal3–05–02011 Algarve Cup
31.7 March 2011Parchal, Portugal1–01–0
32.27 June 2011Bochum, Germany1–02–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.29 February 2012Faro, Portugal1–12–12012 Algarve Cup
32.7 March 20123–33–4
33.5 April 2012Kobe, Japan2–14–12012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
34.18 June 2012Halmstad, Sweden1–21–42012 Sweden Invitational
35.20 June 2012Gothenburg, Sweden1–01–0
36.3 August 2012Cardiff, Wales1–02–02012 Summer Olympics
37.6 August 2012London, England1–02–1
38.9 August 20121–21–2
42.11 March 2013Parchal, Portugal2–02–02013 Algarve Cup
43.13 March 2013Faro, Portugal1–01–0
44.20 June 2013Saga, Japan1–?1–1Friendly
45.29 June 2013Munich, Germany?–?4–2
46.27 July 2013Seoul, South Korea1–21–22013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
47.22 September 2013Nagasaki, Japan1–02–0Friendly
48.10 March 2014Faro, Portugal2–12–12014 Algarve Cup
49.14 May 2014Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam2–22–22014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
50.16 May 20143–04–0
51.25 October 2014Edmonton, Canada1–03–0Friendly
52.28 October 2014Vancouver, Canada2–13–2
53.28 May 2015Nagano, Japan1–01–0
54.16 June 2015Winnipeg, Canada1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
55.5 July 2015Vancouver, Canada1–42–5
56.29 February 2016Osaka, Japan1–21–32016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
57.7 March 20166–16–1
58.2 June 2016Commerce City, United States2–03–3Friendly

Honours

Nippon 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

References

References

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  2. (6 July 2015). "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Japan". [[FIFA]].
  3. [http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/member/08_nagasato_yuki.html Profile] at [[Japan Football Association]] website
  4. (8 July 2013). "Chelsea Sign World Cup Winner". [[She Kicks (magazine).
  5. http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/VfL-Frauenfussball/Og{{Dead link. (March 2023)
  6. (13 August 2015). "Yuki Ogimi verlässt VfL". wolfsburg.de.
  7. (24 May 2017). "Chicago Signs Japanese International Yuki Nagasato". chicagoredstars.com.
  8. (5 June 2018). "Yuki Nagasato Voted NWSL Player of the Week".
  9. (6 October 2018). "Japanese superstar Nagasato heads for Brisbane".
  10. (2020-09-09). "Yuki Nagasato Makes History with Loan to Hayabusa Eleven". Chicago Red Stars.
  11. "First players announced!".
  12. "Yuki Nagasato Returns to Chicago Red Stars".
  13. "Houston Dash sign veteran forward Yuki Nagasato | Houston Dynamo".
  14. (4 March 2025). "Houston Dash forward Yuki Nagasato retires after storied career".
  15. "YUKI OGIMI JOINS CHELSEA LADIES FC".
  16. "Yuki Nagasato-Ogimi".
  17. (17 July 2011). "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian.
  18. (2016-02-25). "Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers". The Japan Times Online.
  19. "なでしこジャパン | JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会".
  20. "永里優季『報告』".
  21. "Japan Football Association".
  22. List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2011.html 2011], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2012.html 2012], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2013.html 2013], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2014.html 2014], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2015.html 2015], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2016.html 2016] at Japan Football Association {{in lang. ja
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