Homare Sawa

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Homare Sawa

Sawa at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Personal information

Date of birth

6 September 1978

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)^[1]

Playing position

Attacking midfielder

Club information

Current team

INAC Kobe Leonessa

Number

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

1991–1998

Yomiuri Beleza

136

(79)

1999–2000

Denver Diamonds

2001–2003

Atlanta Beat

(13)

2004–2010

NTV Beleza

(47)

2009–2010

Washington Freedom

(6)

2010

NTV Beleza

2011–2015

INAC Kobe Leonessa

(12)

National team^‡

1993–2015

Japan

204

(83)

Honours

Olympic Games
	2012 London	Team

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2015

Homare Sawa (澤穂希, Sawa Homare, born 6 September 1978) is a Japanese professional football player. She was captain of the Japan women's national football team that won gold at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and led the team to the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2012, she was named the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. Sawa currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1. She previously played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), NTV Beleza, and the Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).

Early life

Born in Fuchū, Tokyo, Sawa began playing football when at the age of six. While watching her older brother train, she was invited by his coach to join the boys' team on the pitch.^[2]

Playing career

Club

Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, Sawa made her debut in L. League, Japan's highest domestic league, at the young age of 12.^[3]

Atlanta Beat

With the birth of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in 2001, Sawa found herself playing in the highest-level professional women's league in the United States, for the Atlanta Beat. She scored the first goal in the club's history, and was a centerpiece of the Beat's three seasons in the league, helping them into the playoffs each year. Despite her diminutive stature at 5'5" (164 cm) tall and 121 lbs. (55 kg), she held her own with the mostly larger and more physical players, and was regularly among the team and league leaders in fouls taken.

NTV Beleza

Following the WUSA's demise in 2003, Sawa returned to Japan, where she played with powerhouse NTV Beleza. In 2004, she was named Women's Player of the Year for the Asian Football Confederation.

Washington Freedom

On 24 September 2008, Sawa was selected by the Washington Freedom in the first round of the 2008 WPS International Draft. She was a fixture in the Freedom midfield through the league's first two seasons before returning to Japan during preparations for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International

Sawa captaining Japan in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

On 6 December 1993, at age 15, Sawa made her Japanese international debut, scoring four goals in her first ever match, a win against the Philippines. She has subsequently remained a fixture for the Japanese national team, participating in the last six FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments and the 1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympic Games on her way to a Japanese record 201 caps, and a Japanese female-best 81 international goals, including a hat trick in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup group stage match against Mexico.^{[m 1]}

Yuki Ogimi (17) scores for Japan against the United States off a pass from Homare Sawa (10) as Kelley O'Hara (5) defends and Hope Solo (1) attempts to save.

Sawa led the Japanese national team as captain to a world championship victory at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup . After a 2–2 tie in front of a sellout crowd in Frankfurt, Germany (with one goal by Sawa in the 117th minute), Japan won the penalty shootout 3–1, defeating the United States to win their first ever World Cup. Sawa was also awarded the Golden Boot for being the tournament's leading scorer with five goals and the Golden Ball for being the tournament's MVP. Shortly after, she was praised by her close friend Abby Wambach of the United States national team humorously stating, "she literally scores with her eyes closed" in reference to her equalizing goal in the final against the United States.

On 9 January 2012, Sawa was awarded the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in Zurich, Switzerland.^[4] She announced her immediate retirement from international football in August 2012, after helping Japan win a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.^[5]

Sawa returned to international competition^[6] in 2014 to help Japan win the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, scoring her 82nd international goal in the process.^[7] In 2015 she returned to the national team from injury after a one year absence and marked the occasion by scoring the winning goal, on an assist by Aya Miyama, in a warm-up match against New Zealand.^[8] Sawa and Brazil's Formiga will become the first footballers to appear for a record sixth World Cup at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. However Japan went on to lose 5-2 to the US.^[9]

Career statistics

Club career

As of 11 November 2012

Team	Season	League	Domestic league					Domestic playoffs					Total
Team	Season	League	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Washington Freedom	2009	WPS	20	20	1800	3	0	1	1	90	0	0	21	21	1890	3	0
		Total	20	20	1800	3	0	1	1	90	0	0	21	21	1890	3	0
Career total		–	20	20	1800	3	0	1	1	90	0	0	21	21	1890	3	0

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NTV Beleza	1991	13	5			-
	1992	20	3			-
	1993	17	5			-
	1994	17	11			-
	1995	18	16			-
	1996	17	14			-
	1997	18	14			-
	1998	16	11			-
	1999	0	0			-
	Total	136	79			-
Denver Diamonds	1999
	2000
	Total
Atlanta Beat	2001	19	3	-		-		19	3
	2002	21	7	-		-		21	7
	2003	15	3	-		-		15	3
	Total	55	13	-		-		55	13
NTV Beleza	2004	6	5			-
	2005	21	16	5	3	-		26	19
	2006	17	13	3	2	-		20	15
	2007	20	6	4	5	2	0	26	11
	2008	21	7	4	1	-		25	8
	Total	85	47			2	0
Washington Freedom	2009	20	3	-		-		20	3
Washington Freedom	Total	20	3	-		-		20	3
NTV Beleza	2009	4	2	4	1	-		8	3
NTV Beleza	Total	4	2	4	1	-		8	3
Washington Freedom	2010	21	3	-		-		21	3
Washington Freedom	Total	21	3	-		-		21	3
NTV Beleza	2010	-		1	0	-		1	0
NTV Beleza	Total	-		1	0	-		1	0
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2011	16	4	4	0	-		20	4
	2012	17	2	3	0	4	0	24	2
	2013					6	0
	Total	33	6	7	0	10	0	50	6
Career total

International

Japan
Year	Apps	Goals
1993	4	4
1994	6	1
1995	8	0
1996	10	3
1997	7	13
1998	10	4
1999	8	0
2000	1	1
2001	8	6
2002	8	5
2003	12	10
2004	8	2
2005	9	3
2006	17	7
2007	14	6
2008	15	7
2009	1	0
2010	15	3
2011	14	5
2012	10	1
2013	2	0
2014	8	1
2015	8	1
Total	205	83

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 December 1993	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Philippines	Unknown	15–0	1993 AFC Women's Championship
2	6 December 1993	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Philippines	Unknown	15–0	1993 AFC Women's Championship
3	6 December 1993	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Philippines	Unknown	15–0	1993 AFC Women's Championship
4	6 December 1993	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Philippines	Unknown	15–0	1993 AFC Women's Championship
5	20 August 1994	Slovakia	Slovakia	Unknown	2–2	Slovakia international Women's Cup
6	10 July 1996	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Australia	Unknown	2–2	Friendly match
7	10 July 1996	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Australia	Unknown	2–2	Friendly match
8	15 July 1996	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Sweden	Unknown	1–3	Friendly match
9	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
10	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
11	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
12	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
13	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
14	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
15	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
16	7 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	India	1–0	1–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
17	9 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	Unknown	9–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
18	9 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	Unknown	9–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
19	9 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	Unknown	9–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
20	14 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
21	14 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Chinese Taipei	2–0	2–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
22	8 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	Unknown	6–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
23	12 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	Unknown	8–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
24	12 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	Unknown	8–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
25	12 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	Unknown	8–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
26	17 December 2000	Phoenix, United States	United States	1–1	1–1	Friendly match
27	4 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
28	4 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
29	4 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
30	4 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
31	8 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Guam	Unknown	11–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
32	8 December 2001	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Guam	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
33	9 April 2002	Poitiers, France	Canada	2–1	3–2	Friendly match
34	9 April 2002	Poitiers, France	Canada	3–1	3–2	Friendly match
35	4 October 2002	Changwon, South Korea	Vietnam	3–0	3–0	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
36	7 October 2002	Masan, South Korea	South Korea	0–1	0–1	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
37	9 October 2002	Changwon, South Korea	China PR	0–2	2–2	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
38	9 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	7–0	15–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
39	11 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Guam	Unknown	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
40	11 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Guam	Unknown	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
41	13 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	Unknown	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
42	15 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Chinese Taipei	Unknown	5–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
43	15 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Chinese Taipei	Unknown	5–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
44	12 July 2003	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico	1–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-offs
45	20 September 2003	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States	Argentina	1–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
46	20 September 2003	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States	Argentina	2–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
47	27 September 2003	Gillette Stadium, Boston, United States	Canada	0–1	3–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
48	18 April 2004	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam	Unknown	7–0	Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
49	18 December 2004	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Chinese Taipei	6–0	11–0	Kirin Challenge Cup
50	21 May 2005	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	New Zealand	1–0	6–0	Kirin Challenge Cup
51	21 May 2005	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	New Zealand	3–0	6–0	Kirin Challenge Cup
52	28 May 2005	Russia	Russia	Unknown	0–2	Friendly match
53	10 March 2006	Italy	Scotland	Unknown	4–0	Friendly match
54	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Vietnam	1–0	5–0	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
55	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Vietnam	2–0	5–0	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
56	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Chinese Taipei	4–1	11–1	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
57	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Chinese Taipei	9–1	11–1	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
58	30 November 2006	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Jordan	10–0	13–0	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
59	30 November 2006	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Jordan	13–0	13–0	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
60	10 March 2007	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico	1–0	2–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-off
61	7 April 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam	1–0	2–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
62	15 April 2007	Thailand	Thailand	0–1	0–4	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
63	3 June 2007	Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	6–0	6–1	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
64	4 August 2007	Vietnam	Vietnam	0–7	0–8	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
65	12 August 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	1–0	5–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
66	18 Feb 2008	Chongqing, China	North Korea	3–2	3–2	2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
67	5 July 2008	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	China PR	1–0	1–3	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
68	8 July 2008	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Australia	3–0	3–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
69	24 July 2008	Kobe, Japan	Australia	Unknown	3–0	Friendly Match
70	6 August 2008	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China	New Zealand	2–2	2–2	2008 Summer Olympics
71	12 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Norway	1–4	1–5	2008 Summer Olympics
72	15 August 2008	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China	China PR	0–1	0–2	2008 Summer Olympics
73	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Myanmar	2–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
74	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Myanmar	7–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
75	30 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	China PR	2–0	2–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
76	1 July 2011	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Mexico	1–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
77	1 July 2011	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Mexico	3–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
78	1 July 2011	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Mexico	4–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
79	13 July 2011	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Sweden	2–1	3–1	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
80	17 July 2011	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	United States	2–2	2–2 (3–1 p.s.o)	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
81	11 July 2012	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Australia	3–0	3–0	Friendly Match (Kirin Challenge Cup 2012)
82	22 May 2014	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	China PR	1–0	2–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
83	24 May 2015	Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Kagawa, Japan	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Friendly Match (MS&AD Nadeshiko Cup 2015)

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Sawa has competed in six FIFA Women's World Cups (Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011, and Canada 2015); she and Brazil's Formiga, who competed at the same Women's World Cups, are the only players of either sex to appear in six World Cup final tournaments. Sawa has also represented Japan in four Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. In all, she played 41 matches and scored 11 goals at those ten global tournaments.^[10] Sawa was a member of the Japanese teams that won the 2011 Women's World Cup, and were runners-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2015 Women's World Cup.

	Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	1995-06-05^{[m 2]}	Karlstad	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
	2	1995-06-07^{[m 3]}	Karlstad	Brazil	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	3	1995-06-09^{[m 4]}	Vasteras	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 76' (on Etsuko Handa)			0–2 L	Group stage
Atlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	4	1996-07-21^{[m 5]}	Birmingham, AL	Germany	Start			2–3 L	Group stage
	5	1996-07-23^{[m 6]}	Birmingham, AL	Brazil	Start			0–2 L	Group stage
	6	1996-07-25^{[m 7]}	Washington, D.C.	Norway	Start			0–4 L	Group stage
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	7	1999-06-19^{[m 8]}	San Jose, CA	Canada	Start			1–1 D	Group stage
	8	1999-06-23^{[m 9]}	Portland, OR	Russia	Start			0–5 L	Group stage
	9	1999-06-26^{[m 10]}	Chicago	Norway	Start			0–4 L	Group stage
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	10	2003-09-20^{[m 11]}	Columbus, OH	Argentina	{{{4}}}. off 80' (on Maruyama)	13	1–0	6–0 W	Group stage
2	10	2003-09-20^{[m 11]}	Columbus, OH	Argentina	{{{4}}}. off 80' (on Maruyama)	39	2–0	6–0 W
	11	2003-09-24^{[m 12]}	Columbus, OH	Germany	Start			0–3 L	Group stage
3	12	2003-09-27^{[m 13]}	Foxboro, MA	Canada	Start	20	1–0	1–3 L	Group stage
Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	13	2004-08-11^{[m 14]}	Volos	Sweden	Start			1–0 W	Group stage
	14	2004-08-14^{[m 15]}	Piraeus	Nigeria	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
	15	2004-08-20^{[m 16]}	Thessaloniki	United States	Start			1–2 L	Quarter-final
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
	16	2007-09-11^{[m 17]}	Shanghai	England	Start			2–2 D	Group stage
	17	2007-09-14^{[m 18]}	Shanghai	Argentina	Start			1–0 W	Group stage
	18	2007-09-17^{[m 19]}	Hangzhou	Germany	Start			0–2 L	Group stage
Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
4	19	2008-08-06^{[m 20]}	Qinhuangdao	New Zealand	Start; (c)	86	2–2	2–2 D	Group stage
	20	2008-08-09^{[m 21]}	Qinhuangdao	United States	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
5	21	2008-08-12^{[m 22]}	Shanghai	Norway	Start	70	4–1	5–1 W	Group stage
6	22	2008-08-15^{[m 23]}	Qinhuangdao	China PR	Start	15	1–0	2–0 W	Quarter-final
	23	2008-08-18^{[m 24]}	Beijing	United States	Start			2–4 L	Semifinal
	24	2008-08-21^{[m 25]}	Beijing	Germany	Start			0–2 L	Bronze medal match
Germay 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	25	2011-06-27^{[m 26]}	Bochum	New Zealand	Start; (c)			2–1 W	Group stage
7	26	2011-07-01^{[m 1]}	Leverkusen		{{{4}}}. off 83' (on Utsugi); (c)	13	1–0	4–0 W	Group stage
8						39	3–0
9						80	4–0
	27	2011-07-05^{[m 27]}	Augsburg	England	Start; (c)			0–2 L	Group stage
	28	2011-07-09^{[m 28]}	Wolfsburg	Germany	Start; (c)			1–0 aet W	Quarter-final
10	29	2011-07-13^{[m 29]}	Frankfurt	Sweden	Start; (c)	60	2–1	3–1 W	Semifinal
11	30	2011-07-17^{[m 30]}	Frankfurt	United States	Start; (c)	117	2–2	2–2 (pso 3–1) (W)	Final
London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	31	2012-07-25^{[m 31]}	Coventry	Canada	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	32	2012-07-28^{[m 32]}	Coventry	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 59' (on Tanaka)			0–0 D	Group stage
	33	2012-08-03^{[m 33]}	Cardiff	Brazil	Start			2–0 W	Quarter-final
	34	2012-08-06^{[m 34]}	London	France	Start			2–1 W	Semifinal
	35	2012-08-09^{[m 35]}	London	United States	Start			1–2 L	Gold medal match
Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	36	2015-06-08^{[m 36]}	Vancouver	Switzerland	{{{4}}}. off 57' (on Kawamura)			1–0 W	Group stage
	37	2015-06-12^{[m 37]}	Vancouver	Cameroon	{{{4}}}. on 64' (off Sakaguchi)			2–1 W	Group stage
	38	2015-06-16^{[m 38]}	Winnipeg	Ecuador	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	39	2015-06-16^{[m 39]}	Vancouver	Netherlands	{{{4}}}. on 80' (off Kawasumi)			1–0 W	Round of 16
	40	2015-06-27^{[m 40]}	Edmonton	Australia	{{{4}}}. on 90' (off Sakaguchi)			2–1 W	Quarter-final
	41	2015-07-05^{[m 41]}	Vancouver	United States	{{{4}}}. on 33' (off Iwashimizu)			2–5 L	Final

Honors

Club

Yomiuri/NTV Beleza

Nadeshiko.League (8): 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament (7): 1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Nadeshiko.League Cup: 2007

INAC Kobe Leonessa

Nadeshiko.League: 2011, 2012, 2013
Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament: 2011
International Women's Club Championship (1): 2013
Nadeshiko.League Cup: 2013

International

Japan

Individual

Nadeshiko.League Best Eleven (11): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
AFC Women's Player of the Year: 2004, 2008
Nadeshiko.League MVP: 2006, 2008
EAFF Women's Football Championship Best Player: 2008, 2010
FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2011
FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Shoe: 2011
FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2011
FIFA World Player of the Year: 2011
Asian Football Hall of Fame: 2014

References

↑ 2015 World Cup
↑ "Homare Sawa". 2012 London Olympics Committee. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Star bio: Japan's Homare Sawa". CBC Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Japan's Homare Sawa is FIFA women's player of the year". BBC News. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
↑ "Japan's Sawa set to quit international football". Reuters. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
↑ "Lesser lights eye share of the spotlight". FIFA. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
↑ "Matildas fall short in Women's Asian Cup final". The Guardian. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
↑ "Sawa returns with winning goal as Nadeshiko beat New Zealand". The Japan Times. May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
↑ "Japan legend Sawa makes cut for sixth World Cup". Reuters. May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Homare SAWA". FIFA.

Match reports

External links

INAC Kobe Leonessa – current squad

1 Kaihori 2 Kinga 3 Becky 5 Kai 6 Minamiyama 7 Nakajima 8 Sawa 9 Kawasumi (c) 11 Takase 13 Nakada 14 Kyōkawa 15 Isogane 16 Shimizu 17 Yanez 18 Takenaka 19 Michigami 20 Y. Tanaka 21 Watanabe 22 Yamada 23 Hirano 24 Imai Manager: Ishihara

Awards

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

2001: Hamm 2002: Hamm 2003: Prinz 2004: Prinz 2005: Prinz 2006: Marta 2007: Marta 2008: Marta 2009: Marta 2010: Marta 2011: Sawa 2012: Wambach 2013: Angerer 2014: Keßler 2015: Lloyd

Asian Women's Footballer of the Year

1999: Sun Wen 2000: No award 2001: No award 2002: No award 2003: Bai Jie 2004: Sawa 2005: Hara 2006: Ma Xiaoxu 2007: Ri Kum-suk 2008: Sawa 2009: No award 2010: Gill 2011: Miyama 2012: Miyama 2013: No award 2014: Gorry 2015: Miyama

FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball

1991: Jennings 1995: Riise 1999: Sun Wen 2003: Prinz 2007: Marta 2011: Sawa 2015: Lloyd

FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot

1991: Akers 1995: Aarønes 1999: Sun Wen & Sissi 2003: Prinz 2007: Marta 2011: Sawa 2015: Šašić

FIFA Women's World Cup winning captain

1991: Heinrichs 1995: Støre 1999: Overbeck 2003: Wiegmann 2007: Prinz 2011: Sawa 2015: Rampone

Japanese Footballer of the Year

1961: Naganuma
1962: Ozawa
1963: Yaegashi
1964: Sugiyama
1965: Ogi
1966: Kamamoto
1967: Miyamoto
1968: Kamamoto
1969: Sugiyama
1970: Ogi
1971: Kamamoto
1972: Nomura
1973: Sugiyama
1974: Kamamoto
1975: Kamamoto
1976: Nagai
1977: Carvalho
1978: Ochiai
1979: Imai
1980: Kamamoto
1981: Kamamoto
1982: Ozaki
1983: Kimura
1984: Kimura
1985: Yoshida
1986: Takeda
1987: Morishita
1988: Oscar
1989: Kimura
1990: Ramos
1991: Ramos
1992: Kazu
1993: Kazu
1994: Pereira
1995: Stojković
1996: Kawaguchi
1997: Nakata
1998: Nakayama
1999: Sawanobori
2000: Nakamura
2001: Yanagisawa
2002: Fujita
2003: Kubo
2004: Nakazawa
2005: Araújo
2006: Tulio
2007: Suzuki
2008: Endō
2009: Ogasawara
2010: Honda
2011: Sawa
2012: Satō
2013: Nakamura
2014: Endō
2015: Ōkubo

Japan squads

Japan squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Ozawa 2 Tomei 3 Yamaki 4 Haneta 5 Uno 6 Nishina 7 Sawa 8 Takakura 9 Kioka 10 Noda (c) 11 Handa 12 Obe 13 Nagamine 14 Kadohara 15 Morimoto 16 Otake 17 Uchiyama 18 Takeoka 19 Onodera 20 Sakata Coach: Suzuki

Japan women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Ozawa 2 Tomei 3 Yamaki 4 Haneta 5 Obe 6 Nishina 7 Sawa 8 Takakura 9 Kioka 10 Noda 11 Handa 12 Uchiyama 13 Otake 14 Kadohara 15 Izumi 16 Onodera Coach: Suzuki

Japan squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Onodera 2 Yamaki 3 Nagatome 4 Nakachi 5 Sakai 6 Nishina 7 Tomei 8 Hara 9 Uchiyama 10 Sawa 11 Otake 12 Isozaki 13 Yanagita 14 Miyamoto 15 Isaka 16 Kobayashi 17 Omatsu 18 Yamago 19 Ando 20 Nishigai Coach: Miyauchi

Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Onodera 13 Nakachi 14 Yano 15 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Yanagita 18 Maruyama 19 Sudo 20 Miyama Coach: Ueda

Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Fukomoto 2 Isozaki (c) 3 Kinga 4 Yano 5 Yanagita 6 Hara 7 Miyamoto 8 Sakai 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamago 13 Ando 14 Toyoda 15 Iwashimizu 16 Miyama 17 Nagasato 18 Ohno 19 Sakaguchi 20 Utsugi 21 Amano Coach: Ohashi

Japan women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (c) 4 Iwashimizu 5 Yanagita 6 Kato 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Maruyama 13 Hara 14 Yano 15 Sakaguchi 16 Utsugi 17 Nagasato 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

Japan women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yano 13 Maruyama 14 Tanaka 15 Takase 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

Japan squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up

1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kamionobe 13 Utsugi 14 Tanaka 15 Sugasawa 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Ariyoshi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Nagasato 23 Kitahara Coach: Sasaki

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