Saori Takarada

is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Takarada was born in Tateyema on December 27, 1999. In 2013, Takarada joined Nadeshiko League club Cerezo Osaka Sakai. She played 143 matches and scored 56 goals until 2020. In 2021, she signed with Washington Spirit.

In 2016, Takarada was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2016 U-17 World Cup. She played at 5 matches and scored 2 goals, and Japan won the 2nd place. In 2018, Takarada was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup. She played at all 6 matches and scored 5 goals including a goal against Spain at the final, and Japan won the championship. She was also selected Silver Ball and Bronze Boot awards.

In May 2019, Takarada was selected the Japan national team for 2019 World Cup instead of Riko Ueki withdraw due to injury. At this tournament, on 10 June, she debuted against Argentina. She played 3 matches for Japan in 2019.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Cerezo Osaka Sakai|2013|Nadeshiko Challenge League|21|2|1|0|—|—|22|2|||
|2014|Nadeshiko Challenge League|21|0|0|0|—|—|21|0|||||
|2015|Nadeshiko Challenge League|18|9|0|0|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|18|9|||
|2016|Nadeshiko League 2|14|7|1|0|8|3|colspan="2"|—|23|10|||
|2017|Nadeshiko League 2|18|22|2|1|9|7|colspan="2"|—|29|30|||
|2018|Nadeshiko League|18|4|2|1|8|0|colspan="2"|—|28|5|||
|2019|Nadeshiko League 2|15|10|0|0|6|4|colspan="2"|—|21|14|||
|2020|Nadeshiko League|18|2|3|0|colspan="2"|—|colspan="2"|—|21|2|||
|Washington Spirit|2021|National Women's Soccer League|10|0|—|3|0|—|13|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Linköping FC|2022|Damallsvenskan|25|3|3|0|—|—|28|3|||
|2023|Damallsvenskan|26|2|4|1|—|2|0|32|3||||
|Leicester City|2023–24|Women's Super League|3|0|2|1|1|0|colspan="2"|—|6|1||

### International

|National Team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Japan|2019|3|0|
|2021|6|1|||
|2022|10|0|||
|2023|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Takarada goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1||Edion Stadium Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan||style="text-align:center"|3–0|style="text-align:center"|8–0|Friendly|||||||

## Honours

**Cereza Osaka Sakai**

- Nadeshiko League Cup Division 2: 2017, 2019

**Japan**

- EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2022

**Japan U20**

- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2018
- AFC U-19 Women's Championship: 2017

**Japan U17**

- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: 2016
- AFC U-16 Women's Championship: 2015

**Individual**
- Silver Ball, 2018 U-20 World Cup
- Bronze Boot, 2018 U-20 World Cup
- Asian Young Footballer of the Year: 2018

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Saori Takarada
- **fullname**: Saori Takarada
- **birth place**: Tateyama, Toyama, Tateyema, Toyama Prefecture, Toyama, Japan
- **height**: 1.69 m
- **position**: Midfielder (association football), Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Leicester City W.F.C., Leicester City
- **clubnumber**: 15
- **years1**: 2013–2020
- **clubs1**: Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies, Cerezo Osaka Sakai
- **caps1**: 143
- **goals1**: 56
- **years2**: 2021
- **clubs2**: Washington Spirit
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2022–2023
- **clubs3**: Linköpings FC
- **caps3**: 51
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 2024–
- **clubs4**: Leicester City W.F.C., Leceister City
- **caps4**: 3
- **goals4**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2016
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-17 football team, Japan U-17
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2018
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2019–
- **nationalteam3**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 21
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **club-update**: 09:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 15:20, 10 December 2023 (UTC)