Yuika Sugasawa

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Albirex Niigata|2008|rowspan="5"|Nadeshiko League|11|2|colspan="2"|-|colspan="2"|-|11|2|
|2009|17|2|1|0|colspan="2"|-|18|2|||||
|2010|18|10|3|4|1|1|22|15|||||
|2011|14|5|4|3|colspan="2"|-|18|8|||||
|2012|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|JEF United Chiba|2013|rowspan="4"|Nadeshiko League|11|4|2|2|9|5|22|11|
|2014|28|20|3|1|colspan="2"|-|31|21|||||
|2015|23|15|3|0|colspan="2"|-|26|15|||||
|2016|17|5|3|1|10|3|30|9|||||
|rowspan="7"|Urawa Reds|2017|rowspan="4"|Nadeshiko League|18|9|4|2|7|3|29|14|
|2018|18|11|4|5|4|1|26|17|||||
|2019|17|15|3|0|4|4|24|19|||||
|2020|16|17|colspan="2"|-|4|1|20|18|||||
|2021-22|rowspan="2"|WE League|20|14|colspan="2"|-|4|3|24|17|||
|2022-23|5|5|6|3|0|0|11|8|||||

### International

|colspan="3"|Japan national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|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|
|2021|7|4|
|2022|6|5|

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|2 March 2012|Estádio Municipal, Parchal, Portugal||align="center"|**1**-0|align="center"|2-0|2012 Algarve Cup|||||
|2.|5 April 2012|Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan||align="center"|**4**-1|align="center"|4-1|Kirin Challenge Cup|||||
|3.|8 May 2014|Kincho Stadium, Osaka, Japan||align="center"|**2**-1|align="center"|2-1|Friendly|||||
|4.|rowspan="3"|18 September 2014|rowspan="3"|Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea|rowspan="3"||align="center"|**2**-0|rowspan="3" align="center"|12-0|rowspan="5"|2014 Asian Games|
|5.|align="center"|**6**-0|||||||||||
|6.|align="center"|**7**-0|||||||||||
|7.|26 September 2014|Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea||align="center"|**8**-0|align="center"|9-0||||||
|8.|29 September 2014|Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea||align="center"|**3**-0|align="center"|3-0||||||
|9.|6 March 2015|Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal||align="center"|**3**-0|align="center"|3-0|2015 Algarve Cup|||||
|10.|12 June 2015|BC Place, Vancouver, Canada||align="center"|**2**-0|align="center"|2-1|2015 Women's World Cup|||||
|11.|13 June 2017|Den Dreef, Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Belgium||align="center"|0-**1**|align="center"|1-1|Friendly|||||
|12.|2 March 2018|Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal||align="center"|**1**-0|align="center"|2-1|2018 Algarve Cup|||||
|13.|1 April 2018|Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, Isahaya, Japan||align="center"|**6**-1|align="center"|7-1|Friendly|||||
|14.|rowspan="2"|21 August 2018|rowspan="4"|Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia|rowspan="2"||align="center"|**1**-0|rowspan="2" align="center"|7-0|rowspan="4"|2018 Asian Games|
|15.|align="center"|**6**-0|||||||||||
|16.|28 August 2018||align="center"|0-**1**|align="center"|1-2|||||||
|17.|31 August 2018||align="center"|**1**-0|align="center"|1-0|||||||
|18.|2 June 2019|Stade Gérard Houllier, Le Touquet, France||align="center"|**1**-1|align="center"|1-1|Friendly|||||
|19.|14 June 2019|Roazhon Park, Rennes, France||align="center"|**2**-0|align="center"|2-1|2019 Women's World Cup|||||
|20.|10 November 2019|Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan||align="center"|**2**-0|align="center"|2-0|2019 MS&AD Cup|||||
|21.|8 April 2021|Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai, Japan||align="center"|**4**–0|align="center"|7–0|Friendly|||||
|22.|rowspan="3"|11 April 2021|rowspan="3"|Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan|rowspan="3"||align="center"|**1**–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|7–0|rowspan="3"|Friendly|
|23.|align="center"|**4**–0|||||||||||
|24.|align="center"|**6**–0|||||||||||
|25.|rowspan="4"|30 January 2022|rowspan="4"|DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India|rowspan="4"||align="center"|**1**–0|rowspan="4" align="center"|7–0|rowspan="4"|2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup|
|26.|align="center"|**4**–0|||||||||||
|27.|align="center"|**6**–0|||||||||||
|28.|align="center"|**7**–0|||||||||||
|29.|23 July 2022|Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan||align="center"|**4**–1|align="center"|4-1|2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|||||

## Honors

- FIFA Women's World Cup
- _Runner-Up_: 2015

- AFC Women's Asian Cup
- _Champion_: 2014, 2018

- Asian Games
- _Gold medal_: 2018
- _Silver medal_: 2014

- L.League
- _Top scorers_: 2014, 2015
- _Best eleven_: 2014, 2015

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yuika Sugasawa
菅澤 優衣香
- **image**: Yuika Sugasawa FIFA Women's World Cup CMR vs JPN June 12th, 2015 (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **fullname**: Yuika Sugasawa
- **birth place**: Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Urawa Reds Ladies, Urawa Reds
- **clubnumber**: 9
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2008
- **youthclubs1**: JFA Academy Fukushima LSC, JFA Academy Fukushima
- **years1**: 2008–2012
- **clubs1**: Albirex Niigata Ladies, Albirex Niigata
- **caps1**: 60
- **goals1**: 19
- **years2**: 2013–2016
- **clubs2**: JEF United Chiba Ladies, JEF United Chiba
- **caps2**: 79
- **goals2**: 44
- **years3**: 2017–
- **clubs3**: Urawa Reds Ladies, Urawa Reds
- **caps3**: 94
- **goals3**: 71
- **totalcaps**: 233
- **totalgoals**: 134
- **nationalyears1**: 2010
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2010–
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 84
- **nationalgoals2**: 29
- **club-update**: 00:45, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 00:45, September 2022 (UTC)