Yūki Nagasato (永里 優季,Nagasato Yūki; born 15 July 1987), known from 2012 to 2016 asYūki Ōgimi (大儀見 優季,Ōgimi Yūki),[2] is a Japanese formerfootballer who played as astriker. Nagasato is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.
Nagasato representedJapan internationally between 2004 and 2016, scoring 58 goals in 132 appearances.[3] She has won theFIFA Women's World Cup in2011, and was part of the runners-up team in2015.
Nagasato was born inAtsugi on 15 July 1987. In 2001, she was promoted toNippon TV Beleza from her youth team. In the 2002 season, she debuted inL.League. She became one of the division's top scorers in2006 season. She also won the league championship 6 times (2001,2002,2005,2006,2007 and2008).
In 2010, Nagasato moved toTurbine Potsdam in Germany, where she won the Bundesliga's leading goal-scorer award. She also won theUEFA Champions League with that team. In 2013, she transferred to the EnglishFA WSL club Chelsea.[4]
She joinedWolfsburg in early 2015 to play in a stronger league for the2015 World Cup.[5] In August 2015, Nagasato joinedUEFA Champions League 2015 winnersFrankfurt.[6]
On 24 May 2017 it was announced that she had signed with theChicago Red Stars of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL), she appeared in only 6 games in 2017 due to injury.[7] In 2018 she was named Player of the Week for week 10[8]
In October 2018, Nagasato signed withBrisbane Roar on loan for the2018–19 W-League season.[9]
On 10 September 2020, Nagasato made history by becoming the first woman to play forHayabusa Eleven, a men's team in the Kanagawa Prefecture League; she joined on loan until prior to the beginning of the2021 NWSL season.[10]
On 26 October 2020, newly-formed clubRacing Louisville FC announced Nagasato as one of their first signings for the2021 National Women's Soccer League season.[11]
On 11 January 2022, the Red Stars announced that Nagasato would be returning to Chicago.[12]
On 12 January 2024, Nagasato signed withHouston Dash.[13]
On 4 March 2025, Nagasato retired from professional football.[14]
In April 2004, Nagasato was selectedJapan national team for2004 Summer Olympics qualification. At this competition, on 22 April, she debuted againstThailand. She was also part of Japan's2008 Summer Olympic team and2007 World Cup.[15][16] Nagasato was part of the Japan squad that won the2011 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 byHope Solo, but Japan still emerged victorious.[17]
Since 2016, she wore the number 10 shirt for Japan, afterHomare Sawa retired at2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[18] After the tournament, new Japan's managerAsako Takakura gave the number 10 toMizuho Sakaguchi and Nagasato wore the number 9.[19]
Nagasato's brotherGenki is a professional footballer, and her younger sisterAsano also played forTurbine Potsdam.
Nagasato married in July 2011[20] and changed her registered name from Nagasato to Ōgimi before the2012 Summer Olympics. Upon her divorce in 2016, she re-assumed her maiden name.
| 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 | |||
| 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 | 19 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| Career total | 389 | 163 | 60 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 489 | 226 | |
| 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 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 May 2005 | Tokyo,Japan |  New Zealand | ?–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | ?–0 | |||||
| 3. | 26 May 2005 | Russia |  Russia | ?–? | 4–2 | |
| 4. | 28 May 2005 | Russia | ?–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5. | 23 July 2005 | Tokyo, Japan |  Australia | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| 6. | 3–2 | |||||
| 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. | 28 July 2007 | San Jose,United States |  United States | 1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 17. | 4 August 2007 | Hải Phòng,Vietnam | Vietnam | 8–0 | 8–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 18. | 12 August 2007 | Tokyo, Japan |  Thailand | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| 19. | 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. | 5 March 2008 | Larnaca,Cyprus |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 22. | 29 May 2008 | Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | South Korea | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 23. | 31 May 2008 | Chinese Taipei | 11–0 | 11–0 | ||
| 24. | 2 June 2008 | Australia | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 25. | 8 June 2008 | Australia | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 26. | 24 July 2008 | Kobe, Japan | Australia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 27. | 29 July 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Argentina | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 28. | 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. | 20 June 2013 | Saga, Japan | New Zealand | 1–? | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 45. | 29 June 2013 | Munich, Germany | Germany | ?–? | 4–2 | |
| 46. | 27 July 2013 | Seoul, South Korea | South Korea | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup |
| 47. | 22 September 2013 | Nagasaki, Japan |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 48. | 10 March 2014 | Faro, Portugal | Sweden | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 Algarve Cup |
| 49. | 14 May 2014 | Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | Australia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 50. | 16 May 2014 | Vietnam | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 51. | 25 October 2014 | Edmonton,Canada |  Canada | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 52. | 28 October 2014 | Vancouver, Canada | Canada | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| 53. | 28 May 2015 | Nagano, Japan |  Italy | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 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 |
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