Homare Sawa
Homare Sawa (澤 穂希, Sawa Homare, born September 6, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.
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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
| 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
- Women's Professional Soccer, "WPS Holds Initial International Draft," Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine September 24, 2008; retrieved 2012-3-12.
- "Women's World Cup: Japan celebrate win on penalties," BBC. July 18, 2011; retrieved 20112.
- CBC Sports, "Team profile: Japan"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
- SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), Homare Sawa Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-12.
- 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.
- Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
- 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.
- "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.
Other websites
- Homare Sawa at International Olympic Committee
- Homare Sawa at Olympic Channel
- Homare Sawa at Olympedia
- Homare Sawa at FIFA
- Homare Sawa at Soccerway.com
- Homare Sawa at WorldFootball.net
- Homare Sawa at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Japan Football Association
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