Sawako Yasumoto

Sawako Yasumoto
Personal information
Full name	Sawako Yasumoto
Date of birth	July 6, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Suwon UDC WFC
Youth career
2006–2008	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	TEPCO Mareeze
2011	JEF United Chiba
2012–2020	Mynavi Vegalta Sendai
2021–	Suwon UDC WFC
National team
2010	Japan U-20
2010	Japan
Honours
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai
Representing Japan
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Sawako Yasumoto (安本紗和子, Yasumoto Sawako, born July 6, 1990) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Yasumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 6, 1990. She joined TEPCO Mareeze. However, the club was disbanded for Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. In May, she moved to JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Vegalta Sendai (later Mynavi Vegalta Sendai). She played 141 matches and scored 21 goals until 2020. In 2021, she moved to Suwon UDC WFC.^[1]

On May 8, 2010, when Yasumoto was 20 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against Mexico. She played 2 games Japan in 2010. She was also a member of the Japan U-20 national team for 2010 U-20 World Cup in July.