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Japanese association football player

Nozomi Yamago
山郷のぞみ

Personal information

Full name

Nozomi Yamago

Date of birth

(1975-01-16) January 16, 1975 (age 49)

Place of birth

Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Height

1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Position(s)

Goalkeeper

Youth career

1990–1992

Honjo Women's High School

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1993–2001

Iga FC Kunoichi

115

(0)

2002–2004

Saitama Reinas FC

(0)

2005

California Storm

2005–2012

Urawa Reds

123

(0)

2013–2014

AS Elfen Saitama

(0)

Total

326

(0)

International career

1997–2011

Japan

(0)

Medal record

Iga FC Kunoichi

Winner	Nadeshiko League	1995
Winner	Nadeshiko League	1999
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League	1996
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League	2000
Winner	Nadeshiko League Cup	1997
Winner	Nadeshiko League Cup	1998
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League Cup	1996
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League Cup	1999
Winner	Empress's Cup	1995
Winner	Empress's Cup	1998
Winner	Empress's Cup	2001
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	1993
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	1994
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	1997
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	1999
Urawa Reds
Winner	Nadeshiko League	2004
Winner	Nadeshiko League	2009
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League	2006
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League	2010
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League Cup	2007
Runner-up	Nadeshiko League Cup	2010
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	2004
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	2009
Runner-up	Empress's Cup	2010
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
	2011 Germany
AFC Women's Asian Cup
	2001 Chinese Taipei
	1997 China
	2008 Vietnam
	2010 China
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
	2006 Doha	Team
	1998 Bangkok	Team
	2002 Busan	Team

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nozomi Yamago (山郷のぞみ, Yamagō Nozomi, born January 16, 1975) is a Japanese former football player. She played for the Japan women's national football team as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Yamago was born in Saitama on January 16, 1975. After graduating from high school, she joined Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (later Iga FC Kunoichi) in 1993. In 2002, she moved to her local club Saitama Reinas FC (later Urawa Reds). In 2005, she moved to Women's Premier Soccer League club California Storm. At the end of the 2005 season, she returned to Urawa Reds in September. In 2012, she moved to AS Elfen Saitama. She retired in 2014. She was selected to the Nadeshiko League Best XI 10 times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).

National team career

On June 15, 1997, Yamago debuted for the Japan national team against China. She was a member of Japan squads at the 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Women's World Cups, as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2011 World Cup, Japan won the championship. She played 96 games for Japan until 2011.

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	6	0
1998	8	0
1999	10	0
2000	4	0
2001	10	0
2002	8	0
2003	15	0
2004	10	0
2005	5	0
2006	4	0
2007	3	0
2008	3	0
2009	2	0
2010	7	0
2011	1	0
Total	96	0

Honors

FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion (1): 2011

Football at the Asian Games

Gold Medal (1): 2010

References

^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
FIFA
List of match in 2010, 2011 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Nozomi Yamago – FIFA competition record (archived)
Nozomi Yamago at Soccerway
Nozomi Yamago at WorldFootball.net
Nozomi Yamago at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

v t e Japan squad – 1997 AFC Women's Championship third place
GK Yamago FP Isozaki FP Mitsui FP Morimoto FP Nakachi FP Nishina FP Obe FP Omatsu FP Otake FP Sakai FP Sawa FP Tomei FP Uchiyama FP Umeoka FP Yamaki FP Yanagita Coach: Miyauchi

v t e Japan squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Onodera 2 Yamaki 3 Nagadome 4 Nakachi 5 Sakai 6 Nishina 7 Tomei 8 Hara 9 Uchiyama 10 Sawa (c) 11 Otake 12 Isozaki 13 Yanagita 14 Mitsui 15 Isaka 16 Kobayashi 17 Omatsu 18 Yamago 19 Ando 20 Nishigai Coach: Miyauchi

v t e Japan squad – 1999 AFC Women's Championship fourth place
GK Miyamoto GK Yamago FP Aizawa FP Fujimura FP Hara FP Isaka FP Kasajima FP Kimura FP Mikami FP Mitsui FP Obe FP Otake FP Sakai FP Takakura FP Torigoe FP Uchiyama FP Yamagishi Coach: Suzuki

v t e Japan squad – 2001 AFC Women's Championship runners-up
GK Onodera GK Yamago FP Fujimura FP Isaka FP Isozaki FP Ito FP Kasajima FP Kawakami FP Kimura FP Kobayashi FP Miyazaki FP Nakachi FP Obe FP Otani FP Sato FP Sawa FP Shikata FP Tsuchihashi FP Yamagishi FP Yanagita Coach: Ikeda

v t e Japan squad – 2003 AFC Women's Championship fourth place
1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakachi 14 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Suzuki 18 Maruyama 19 Ohno 20 Miyama 25 Yano Coach: Ueda

v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Yamago 2 Obe (c) 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

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics
1 Yamago 2 Yano 3 Isozaki 4 Obe 5 Kawakami 6 Sakai 7 Yamamoto 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamagishi 13 Shimokozuru 14 Maruyama 15 Yanagita 16 Kobayashi 17 Ando 18 Onodera Coach: Ueda

v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Fukumoto 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

v t e Japan squad – 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place
1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (C) 4 Iwashimizu 6 Kato 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yamago 14 Utsugi 16 Nagasato 17 Ando 18 Yanagita 20 Sakaguchi 22 Kaihori 23 Kitamoto 24 Maruyama 25 Shimokozuru 27 Sameshima 29 Kumagai 36 Kawasumi 43 Goto Coach: Sasaki

v t e Japan squad – 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place
1 Yamago 2 Iwashimizu 3 Yano 4 Kumagai 5 Kinga 6 Sameshima 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Nagasato 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kaihori 13 Yamaguchi 14 Utsugi 15 Toyoda 16 Sudo 17 Kamionobe 18 Nakano 20 Sugasawa 21 Fukumoto 22 Takase 24 Kawasumi 36 Minamiyama Coach: Sasaki

v t e 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

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