“Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to play football.”
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Yui Hasegawa
Yui Hasegawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and captains the Japan national team. Considered as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, she has the versatility to operate across the midfield in both offensive and defensive positions.
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sports · Japanese footballer (born 1997) · association football player · also Yui Hasegawa, Hasegawa
Born 29 January 1997 · Q18121626
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2026· 6 entries
“Nothing would make me happier than seeing kids aiming high, never giving up and most of all, remembering to enjoy every moment. Loving the game is a must whenever you’re out there on the pitch.”
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Won the English FA Womens Super League with Manchester City WFC (2025-2026).
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Won: AFC Women's Asian Cup with Japan (2026).
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Won: Women's Super League with Manchester City (2025–26).
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Won: Women's FA Cup with Manchester City (2025–26).
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2025· 3 entries
Won award: PFA Team of the Year (2024–25).
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Won award: Manchester City Player of the Year (2024–25).
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Won: SheBelieves Cup with Japan (2025).
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2024· 3 entries
Was nominated again as one of 30 candidates for the Ballon d'Or Féminin
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Won award: PFA Team of the Year (2023–24).
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Yahoo! Sports: Yui Hasegawa signs new contract with Man City
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2023· 6 entries
Won award: PFA Team of the Year (2022–23).
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Hasegawa was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA World Cup 2023
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Hasegawa signed a contract extension that keeps her at Manchester City until 2027
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“When it comes to physical confrontation, we are slightly disadvantaged, that is why we need to and I have to make the best use of my speed.”
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“There weren't any girls' teams when I first started playing so me and another girl played with the boys.”
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“I may be small, but I am strong, and I want to show that.”
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2022· 2 entries
Hasegawa signed a three-year deal with fellow Women's Super League side Manchester City
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Won award: FA Women's Super League Goal of the Month (April 2022).
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2021· 6 entries
Runner-up: Coppa Italia with AC Milan (2020–21).
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Including one direct free-kick She was also awarded Player of the Match in that game
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It was announced that Hasegawa would join Serie A Femminile club AC Milan
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Hasegawa joined AC Milan before moving to West Ham United at the end of 2020-21 Serie A season
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Joined AC Milan Women in 2021.
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Joined West Ham Women in 2021.
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2020· 2 entries
Won: Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2020).
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Won award: Nadeshiko League Best Eleven (2020).
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2019· 6 entries
Won award: Nadeshiko League Best Eleven (2019).
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Won: Nadeshiko League with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2019).
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Won: Nadeshiko League Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2019).
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Won: Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2019).
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Won: AFC Women's Club Championship with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2019).
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Won: EAFF Women's Football Championship with Japan (2019).
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2018· 10 entries
Won the JFA Empresss Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2018).
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Won the AFC Womens Asian Cup with Japan Women (2018).
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Won: Nadeshiko League with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2018).
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Won: Asian Games with Japan (2018).
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Won: AFC Women's Asian Cup with Japan (2018).
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Won award: Nadeshiko League Best Eleven (2018).
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Won: Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2018).
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Won: Nadeshiko League Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2018).
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In a scoreless draw against Nojima Stella Kanagawa
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2019, and 2020, until she left Japan to play overseas in 2021
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2017· 5 entries
Won the JFA Empresss Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2017).
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Won: Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2017).
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Won award: Nadeshiko League Best Eleven (2017).
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Won: Nadeshiko League with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2017).
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Hasegawa won her first senior cap for the Japan national team when she made her debut as a half-time substitute against Spain at the 2017 Algarve Cup
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2016· 2 entries
Won: Nadeshiko League Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2016).
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Won: Nadeshiko League with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
And played a key part in leading the team to win the championship that year, ending a five-year drought for the domestic title
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Won: Nadeshiko League with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2015).
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2014· 4 entries
Won the JFA Empresss Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2014).
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Won award: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Silver Ball (2014).
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Won: Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza (2014).
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Won: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with Japan U17 (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
As a sixteen-year-old, against FC Kibi IU Charme
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Joined Tokyo Verdy Beleza in 2013.
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2009· 1 entry
Aged 11, she was accepted into Menina, the nation's top youth academy of the club, she would later play for Tokyo Verdy Beleza
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1997· 1 entry
Born 1997-01-29.
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