Nozomi Yamago

Nozomi Yamago

Personal information
Full name	Nozomi Yamago
Date of birth	(1975-01-16) 16 January 1975
Place of birth	Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1999	Prima Kunoichi	89	(0)
2000–2001	Iga Kunoichi	26	(0)
2002–2004	Saitama Reinas	47	(0)
2005	California Storm
2005–2012	Urawa Red Diamonds	104	(0)
2013–2014	AS Elfen Saitama	41	(0)
National team‡
1997-2011	Japan	96	(0)
Honours 2010 Asian Games Football
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2011. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2011

Nozomi Yamago (山郷のぞみ, Yamagō Nozomi, born 16 January 1975) is a Japanese retired footballer. She has 97 caps for Japan and has played in the 1999, 2003 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cups.^[1]

National team Career

Appearance

National team Year Apps[2] Goals Japan 1997 6 0 1998 8 0 1999 10 0 2000 4 0 2001 10 0 2002 8 0 2003 15 0 2004 10 0 2005 5 0 2006 4 0 2007 3 0 2008 3 0 2009 2 0 2010 7 0 2011 1 0 Total 96 0 Honors FIFA Women's World Cup Champion (1): 2011 Football at the Asian Games Gold Medal (1): 2010 References ↑ Nozomi Yamago FIFA ↑ なでしこジャパン(日本女子代表) 試合別出場記録 (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 29 June 2013.   Japan Squad Japan squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Onodera 2 Yamaki 3 Nagatome 4 Nakachi 5 Sakai 6 Nishina 7 Tomei 8 Hara 9 Uchiyama 10 Sawa 11 Otake 12 Isozaki 13 Yanagita 14 Mitsui 15 Isaka 16 Kobayashi 17 Omatsu 18 Yamago 19 Ando 20 Nishigai Coach: Miyauchi Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Onodera 13 Nakachi 14 Yano 15 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Yanagita 18 Maruyama 19 Sudo 20 Miyama Coach: Ueda Japan women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Yamago 2 Yano 3 Isozaki 4 Obe 5 Kawakami 6 Sakai 7 Yamamoto 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamagishi 13 Shimokozuru 14 Maruyama 15 Yanagita 16 Kobayashi 17 Ando 18 Onodera Coach: Ueda Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Fukomoto 2 Isozaki (c) 3 Kinga 4 Yano 5 Yanagita 6 Hara 7 Miyamoto 8 Sakai 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamago 13 Ando 14 Toyoda 15 Iwashimizu 16 Miyama 17 Nagasato 18 Ohno 19 Sakaguchi 20 Utsugi 21 Amano Coach: Ohashi Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki