Yūki Nagasato

Yūki Nagasato

Nagasato playing for Wolfsburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987
Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club 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)
National team‡
2004– Japan 132 (58)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 00--
2002 20--
2003 0020--20
2004 133--20
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
1. FFC Frankfurt 2015–16
Career total 2001213727772320267175

Honours

Teams

NTV Beleza
Champions: 2002, 2005, 2008
Champions: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
Champion: 2007
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Champions: 2010, 2011
Champion 2010
VfL Wolfsburg
Winner: 2014–15
Japan National Team
Champion: 2011
Runner-Up: 2015
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

  1. ↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Profile at Japan Football Association website
  3. ↑ "Chelsea Sign World Cup Winner". She Kicks. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.waz-online.de/Sport/VfL-Frauenfussball/Ogimi-Der-VfL-holt-die-Weltmeisterin-sofort
  5. ↑ "Yuki Ogimi verlässt VfL". wolfsburg.de. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Signs Japanese International Yuki Nagasato". chicagoredstars.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "YUKI OGIMI JOINS CHELSEA LADIES FC". www.fawsl.com. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers". The Japan Times Online. 2016-02-25. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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