Yuki Nagasato

Yuki Nagasato
	Nagasato at Frankfurt in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Yuki Nagasato
Date of birth	July 15, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Racing Louisville FC
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
2021–	Racing Louisville FC
National team
2004–2016	Japan
Honours
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Yuki Nagasato (永里優季, Nagasato Yuki, born July 15, 1987) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team. She used her name Yuki Ogimi (大儀見優季) from 2012 to 2016. Her brother Genki Nagasato and sister Asano Nagasato are former footballers.

Biography

Nagasato was born in Atsugi on July 15, 1987. In 2001, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from the youth team. In the 2002 season, she debuted in Nadeshiko 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 Frankfurt. On May 24, 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 season. On September 10, 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 October 26, 2020, newly-formed club Racing Louisville FC announced Nagasato as one of their first signings for the 2021 season.

In April 2004, Nagasato was selected the Japan national team for Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament qualification. At this competition, on April 22, 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 Summer Olympics qualifying.^[1] After the tournament, new Japan's manager Asako Takakura gave the number 10 to Mizuho Sakaguchi and Nagasato wore the number 9.^[2]

Personal life

Nagasato married in July 2011^[3] and changed her registered name from "Nagasato" to "Ogimi" before the 2012 Summer Olympics. Upon her divorce in 2016, she re-assumed her maiden name.

Statistics

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			-		-
	2003	0	0	2	0	-		-		2	0
	2004	13	3			-		-		2	0
	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			2	3	-
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	9	8	2	2			2	5	13	15
	Total	40	24	8	8	1	3	15	16	64	51
Career total		150	93			3	6	15	16