Homare Sawa

Homare Sawa
Sawa at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Homare Sawa
Date of birth (1978-09-06) September 6, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1999 NTV Beleza 136 (79)
1999–2000 Denver Diamonds
2001–2003 Atlanta Beat 55 (13)
2004–2008 Nippon TV Beleza 85 (47)
2009–2010 Washington Freedom 41 (6)
2009 →Nippon TV Beleza (loan) 4 (2)
2010 Nippon TV Beleza 0 (0)
2011–2015 INAC Kobe Leonessa 94 (12)
Total 415+ (159+)
National team
1993–2015 Japan 205 (83)
Honours
Nippon TV Beleza
Winner Nadeshiko League 1991
Winner Nadeshiko League 1992
Winner Nadeshiko League 1993
Winner Nadeshiko League 2005
Winner Nadeshiko League 2006
Winner Nadeshiko League 2007
Winner Nadeshiko League 2008
Winner Nadeshiko League 2010
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1994
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1997
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1998
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1999
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2004
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2009
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 1996
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 1999
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2007
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2010
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 1997
Winner Empress's Cup 1993
Winner Empress's Cup 1997
Winner Empress's Cup 2004
Winner Empress's Cup 2005
Winner Empress's Cup 2007
Winner Empress's Cup 2008
Winner Empress's Cup 2009
Runner-up Empress's Cup 1991
Runner-up Empress's Cup 1992
Runner-up Empress's Cup 1996
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Winner Nadeshiko League 2011
Winner Nadeshiko League 2012
Winner Nadeshiko League 2013
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2013
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2012
Winner Empress's Cup 2011
Winner Empress's Cup 2012
Winner Empress's Cup 2013
Winner Empress's Cup 2015
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vietnam
Silver medal – second place 1995 Malaysia
Silver medal – second place 2001 Chinese Taipei
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Malaysia
Bronze medal – third place 1997 China
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Homare Sawa (澤 穂希, Sawa Homare, born September 6, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

As a professional athlete, she was played with the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003. In 2004 she was named Women's Player of the Year for the Asian Football Confederation. In 2009 and 2010, Sawa was part of Women's Professional Soccer.[1]

Sawa has played for the Japan national team, including the team which won the 2011 World Cup.[2] She participated in the last five World Cups.[3] Sawa was part of the women's team at the 1996, the 2004, the 2008.[4] She was a member of the team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics at London.[5]

Statistics

[6][7]

Japan national team
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

Honors

In 2012, Sawa was named the "FIFA Women's World Player of the Year". In ceremonies in Switzerland, she was awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or.[8] Japanese government officials commented that Sawa and her team-mates inspired confidence after the devastation caused by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Women's Professional Soccer, "WPS Holds Initial International Draft," Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine September 24, 2008; retrieved 2012-3-12.
  2. ↑ "Women's World Cup: Japan celebrate win on penalties," BBC. July 18, 2011; retrieved 20112.
  3. ↑ CBC Sports, "Team profile: Japan"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
  4. ↑ SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), Homare Sawa Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-12.
  5. ↑ London2012.com, Homare Sawa Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine; "Japan's women footballers irked by Olympic flight seating," BBC. July 18, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-10.
  6. ↑ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  7. ↑ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
  8. ↑ FIFA.com, "Homare Sawa at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 Gala," Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine January 9, 2012; retrieved 2012-3-12.
  9. ↑ "Japan's Women on Top of the World," Highlighting Japan, October 2011; "Japan's PM hails FIFA award-winning captain, coach," Xinhua. January 10, 2012; retrieved 2012-3-23.

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