Yūki Nagasato (Redirected from Yuki Ogimi)

Yūki Nagasato
Nagasato with Frankfurt in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yūki Nagasato
Date of birth (1987-07-15) 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
Chicago Red Stars
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Nippon TV Beleza 110 (69)
2010–2013 Turbine Potsdam 71 (48)
2013–2014 Chelsea 18 (5)
2015 Wolfsburg 9 (4)
2015–2017 Frankfurt 35 (8)
2017–2020 Chicago Red Stars 56 (13)
2018–2019Brisbane Roar (loan) 11 (4)
2020 → Hayabusa Eleven (loan)
2021 Racing Louisville 21 (2)
2022– Chicago Red Stars 27 (5)
International career
2004–2016 Japan 132 (58)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023
‡ 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), is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Chicago Red Stars. 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 caps. She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, and came second 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.

She joined Wolfsburg in early 2015 to play in a stronger league for the 2015 World Cup. In August 2015, Nagasato joined UEFA Champions League 2015 winners Frankfurt.

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. 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 W-League season.

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.

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.

On 11 January 2022, the Red Stars announced that Nagasato would be returning to Chicago.

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. 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 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. After the tournament, new Japan's manager Asako Takakura gave the number 10 to Mizuho Sakaguchi and Nagasato wore the number 9.

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 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
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
Career total 308 151 44 33 7 7 32 21 391 212

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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
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
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  Germany 3–3 3–4
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
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  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
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  Vietnam 3–0 4–0
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
56. 29 February 2016 Osaka, Japan  Australia 1–2 1–3 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
57. 7 March 2016  Vietnam 6–1 6–1
58. 2 June 2016 Commerce City, United States  United States 2–0 3–3 Friendly

Honours

Club

Nippon TV Beleza

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

VfL Wolfsburg

International

Japan

Individual

Performances

  • L.League top-goalscorer: 2006
  • L-League Best Eleven: 2005, 2006
  • Bundesliga top-goalscorer: 2013

See also


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