Yuika Sugasawa

Yuika Sugasawa
菅澤優衣香
Personal information
Full name	Yuika Sugasawa
Date of birth	October 5, 1990 (age 30)
Place of birth	Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	9
Youth career
2006–2008	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
National team‡
Albirex Niigata
JEF United Chiba
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 10, 2019

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

Club career[]

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).

National team career[]

On January 13, 2010, Sugasawa debuted for Japan national team against Denmark.^[1] In July, she was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2010 U-20 World Cup and she played 2 matches.^[2] 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.^[3] She was a member of Japan for 2015 World Cup and Japan won 2nd place. In Asia, she was also a member for 2014 and 2018 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments. She played 60 games and scored 17 goals for Japan.

Club statistics[]

As of 24 October 2020

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Albirex Niigata	2008	11	2	-		-		11	2
	2009	17	2	1	0	-		18	2
	2010	18	10	3	4	1	1	22	15
	2011	14	5	4	3	-		18	8
	2012	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	60	19	9	7	1	1	70	27
JEF United Chiba	2013	11	4	2	2	9	5	22	11
	2014	28	20	3	1	-		31	21
	2015	23	15	3	0	-		26	15
	2016	17	5	3	1	10	3	30	9
	Total	79	44	11	4	14	8	104	56
Urawa Reds	2017	18	9	4	2	7	3	29	14
	2018	18	7	4	5	4	1	26	13
	2019		11
	2020		17
Total	36	36	42	8	7	11	4
Career total		175	79	28	18	26	13	229	110

National team statistics[]

As of November 10, 2019

^[4]

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
	9	3
Total	69	20

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 March 2012	Estádio Municipal, Parchal, Portugal	Denmark	0-1	0-2	2012 Algarve Cup
2.	5 April 2012	Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan	Brazil	4-1	4-1	Kirin Challenge Cup
3.	8 May 2014	Kincho Stadium, Osaka, Japan	New Zealand	2-1	2-1	Friendly Match
4.	18 September 2014	Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea	Jordan	2-0	12-0	2014 Asian Games
5.				6-0
6.				7-0
7.	26 September 2014	Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea	Hong Kong	8-0	9-0
8.	29 September 2014	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea	Vietnam	3-0	3-0
9.	6 March 2015	Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal	Portugal	3-0	3-0	2015 Algarve Cup
10.	12 June 2015	BC Place, Vancouver, Canada	Cameroon	2-0	2-1	2015 Women's World Cup
11.	13 June 2017	Den Dreef, Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Belgium	Belgium	0-1	1-1	Friendly Match
12.	2 March 2018	Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal	Iceland	1-0	2-1	2018 Algarve Cup
13.	1 April 2018	Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, Isahaya, Japan	Ghana	6-1	7-1	Friendly Match
14.	21 August 2018	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Vietnam	Vietnam	1-0	7-0	2018 Asian Games
15.	21 August 2018		Vietnam	6-0	7-0
16.	28 August 2018		South Korea	0-1	1-2
17.	31 August 2018		China PR	1-0	1-0
18.	2 June 2019	Stade Gérard Houllier, Le Touquet, France	Spain	1-1	1-1	Friendly Match
19.	14 June 2019	Roazhon Park, Rennes, France	Scotland	2-0	2-1	2019 Women's World Cup