Yūki Nagasato

, known from 2012 to 2016 as , is a Japanese former footballer who played as a striker. Nagasato 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. 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.

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.

On 12 January 2024, Nagasato signed with Houston Dash.

On 4 March 2025, Nagasato retired from professional football.

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

International

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition+ List of international goals scored by Yūki Nagasato 1. 21 May 2005 Tokyo, Japan ?–0 6–0 Friendly 2. ?–0 3. 26 May 2005 Russia ?–? 4–2 4. 28 May 2005 ?–0 2–0 5. 23 July 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1–2 4–2 6. 3–2 7. 19 July 2006 Adelaide, Australia 5–0 5–0 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup 8. 21 July 2006 2–0 11–1 9. 3–0 10. 5–1 11. 8–1 12. 11–1 13. 30 July 2006 2–3 2–3 15. 10 December 2006 Doha, Qatar 3–0 3–1 2006 Asian Games 16. 28 July 2007 San Jose, United States 1–4 1–4 Friendly 17. 4 August 2007 Hải Phòng, Vietnam 8–0 8–0 2008 Summer Olympics qualification 18. 12 August 2007 Tokyo, Japan 2–0 5–0 19. 14 September 2007 Shanghai, China 1–0 1–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 20. 24 February 2008 Chongqing, China 3–0 3–0 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship 21. 5 March 2008 Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 3–1 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup 22. 29 May 2008 Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam 1–0 1–3 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup 23. 31 May 2008 11–0 11–0 24. 2 June 2008 2–0 3–1 25. 8 June 2008 1–0 3–0 26. 24 July 2008 Kobe, Japan 2–0 3–0 Friendly 27. 29 July 2008 Tokyo, Japan 2–0 2–0 28. 15 August 2008 Qinhuangdao, China 2–0 2–0 2008 Summer Olympics 29. 24 May 2010 Chengdu, China 2–0 2–1 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup 30. 4 March 2011 Lagos, Portugal 3–0 5–0 2011 Algarve Cup 31. 7 March 2011 Parchal, Portugal 1–0 1–0 32. 27 June 2011 Bochum, Germany 1–0 2–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 31. 29 February 2012 Faro, Portugal 1–1 2–1 2012 Algarve Cup 32. 7 March 2012 3–3 3–4 33. 5 April 2012 Kobe, Japan 2–1 4–1 2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup 34. 18 June 2012 Halmstad, Sweden 1–2 1–4 2012 Sweden Invitational 35. 20 June 2012 Gothenburg, Sweden 1–0 1–0 36. 3 August 2012 Cardiff, Wales 1–0 2–0 2012 Summer Olympics 37. 6 August 2012 London, England 1–0 2–1 38. 9 August 2012 1–2 1–2 42. 11 March 2013 Parchal, Portugal 2–0 2–0 2013 Algarve Cup 43. 13 March 2013 Faro, Portugal 1–0 1–0 44. 20 June 2013 Saga, Japan 1–? 1–1 Friendly 45. 29 June 2013 Munich, Germany ?–? 4–2 46. 27 July 2013 Seoul, South Korea 1–2 1–2 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup 47. 22 September 2013 Nagasaki, Japan 1–0 2–0 Friendly 48. 10 March 2014 Faro, Portugal 2–1 2–1 2014 Algarve Cup 49. 14 May 2014 Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam 2–2 2–2 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 50. 16 May 2014 3–0 4–0 51. 25 October 2014 Edmonton, Canada 1–0 3–0 Friendly 52. 28 October 2014 Vancouver, Canada 2–1 3–2 53. 28 May 2015 Nagano, Japan 1–0 1–0 54. 16 June 2015 Winnipeg, Canada 1–0 1–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 55. 5 July 2015 Vancouver, Canada 1–4 2–5 56. 29 February 2016 Osaka, Japan 1–2 1–3 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 57. 7 March 2016 6–1 6–1 58. 2 June 2016 Commerce City, United States 2–0 3–3 Friendly

Honours Nippon TV Beleza L.League: 2002, 2005, 2008 Empress's Cup: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 Nadeshiko League Cup: 2007

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam Bundesliga: 2010, 2011 UEFA Champions League: 2010

VfL Wolfsburg DFB Pokal: 2014–15

Japan FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2015 East Asian Football Championship: 2008 Summer Olympic Games runner-up: 2012 AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014

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