Yuika Sugasawa

Yuika Sugasawa
	Sugasawa at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Yuika Sugasawa
Date of birth	October 5, 1990
Place of birth	Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Youth career
2006–2008	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	Albirex Niigata
2013–2016	JEF United Chiba
2017–	Urawa Reds
National team‡
2010	Japan U-20
2010–	Japan
Honours
Albirex Niigata
JEF United Chiba
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Yuika Sugasawa (菅澤優衣香, Sugasawa Yuika, born October 5, 1990) is a Japanese football player. She plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Sugasawa was born in Chiba on October 5, 1990. She joined Albirex Niigata from JFA Academy Fukushima in 2008. In 2013, she moved to her local club JEF United Chiba. She became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. In 2017, she moved to Urawa Reds. She was selected Best Eleven 3 times (2014, 2015 and 2017). She became top scorer in 2020.

On January 13, 2010, Sugasawa debuted for the Japan national team against Denmark. In July, she was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2010 U-20 World Cup and she played 2 matches. She then scored the first goal for Japan senior team in a 2–0 victory over Denmark on March 2, 2012 which won the 2012 Algarve Cup. She was a member of Japan for 2015 World Cup and Japan won the 2nd place. In Asia, she was also a member for 2014 and 2018 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments.

Statistics

[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	6	0
2011	0	0
2012	4	2
2013	2	0
2014	12	6
2015	14	2
2016	1	0
2017	4	1
2018	17	6
2019	9	3
2020	2	0
Total	71	20

References

List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Yuika Sugasawa at Olympedia

Yuika Sugasawa at FIFA

Yuika Sugasawa at UEFA

Yuika Sugasawa at Soccerway.com

Yuika Sugasawa at WorldFootball.net
Japan Football Association

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[1] List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)