Yūki Nagasato

Yūki Nagasato
	Nagasato with Frankfurt in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Yūki Nagasato
Date of birth	15 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Houston Dash
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2009	Nippon TV Beleza
2010–2013	Turbine Potsdam
2013–2014	Chelsea
2015	Wolfsburg
2015–2017	Frankfurt
2017–2020	Chicago Red Stars
2018–2019	→ Brisbane Roar (loan)
2020	→ Hayabusa Eleven (loan)
2021	Racing Louisville
2022–2023	Chicago Red Stars
2024–	Houston Dash
International career‡
2004–2016	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ 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), 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.

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

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]

On 12 January 2024, she signed with Houston Dash.^[14]

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.^[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

Nagasato'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

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	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	5	0	-		0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total		375	160	60	34	8	8	32	21	475	223

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[21]^[22]
National 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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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	2008 Summer Olympics qualification
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	2011 Algarve Cup
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	Faro, Portugal	Germany	3–3	3–4	2012 Algarve Cup
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	2012 Sweden Invitational
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	London, England	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	2013 Algarve Cup
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	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	3–0	4–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
56.	29 February 2016	Osaka, Japan	Australia	1–2	1–3	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
57.	7 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	Vietnam	6–1	6–1	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
58.	2 June 2016	Commerce City, United States	United States	2–0	3–3	Friendly