Hina Sugita

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

## Biography

Sugita was born in Kitakyushu on January 31, 1997. After graduating from Fujieda Junshin High School, she joined Nadeshiko League club INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2015. She debuted as midfielder in 2015. She became a regular player in 2016 and was selected Best Young player award in 2016 season.

In September 2012, when Sugita was 15 years old, she was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2012 U-17 Women's World Cup. She played all 4 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2013, she played at 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and Japan won the champions for 2 championship in a row. She also scored 6 goals and was selected MVP award. In 2014, she was selected the U-17 Japan for 2014 U-17 Women's World Cup. She played 5 matches as captain and scored 5 goals. Japan won the champions first time. She was also selected Golden Ball (MVP) award. In November 2016, she was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2016 U-20 Women's World Cup. She played all 6 matches and Japan won the 3rd place. She was also selected Golden Ball award.

On August 2, 2018, Sugita debuted for the Japan national team as substitute midfielder from the 72nd minute against Australia. In 2019, she was selected the Japan for 2019 World Cup.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|INAC Kobe Leonessa|2015|Nadeshiko League|4|0|2|0|–|6|0||
|2016|Nadeshiko League|17|3|4|0|8|1|29|4|||
|2017|Nadeshiko League|18|2|2|1|9|1|29|4|||
|2018|Nadeshiko League|18|5|5|0|9|1|32|6|||
|2019|Nadeshiko League|18|3|4|0|2|0|24|3|||
|2020|Nadeshiko League|18|3|2|0|colspan="2"|–|20|3|||
|2021–22|WE League|9|1|1|0|colspan="2"|–|10|1|||
|rowspan="3"|Portland Thorns|2022|NWSL|23|5|–|5|2|28|7||
|2023|NWSL|18|6|colspan="2"|–|1|0|19|6|||

### International

|National Team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Japan|2018|1|0|
|2019|14|0|||
|2020|3|0|||
|2021|9|2|||
|2022|5|0|||
|2023|12|1|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1|11 April 2021|Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan||align=center|7–0|align=center|7–0|rowspan="3"|Friendly||||
|align=center|2|10 June 2021|Edion Stadium Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan||align=center|6–0|align=center|8–0||||||
|align=center|3|23 September 2023|Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan||align=center|6–0|align=center|8–0||||||

## Honors

**INAC Kobe Leonessa**

- Empress's Cup: 2015, 2016

**Portland Thorns FC**

- NWSL Championship: 2022

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hina Sugita
- **image**: Hina Sugita (32346833647).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Sugita playing for Japan women's national football team, Japan in 2019
- **fullname**: Hina Sugita
- **birth place**: Kitakyushu, Japan
- **height**: 1.61 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns
- **clubnumber**: 8
- **youthyears1**: 2012–2014
- **youthclubs1**: Fujieda Junshin High School
- **years1**: 2015–2022
- **clubs1**: INAC Kobe Leonessa
- **caps1**: 102
- **goals1**: 17
- **years2**: 2022–
- **clubs2**: Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns
- **caps2**: 41
- **goals2**: 11
- **nationalyears1**: 2012–2014
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-17 football team, Japan U-17
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2016
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2018–
- **nationalteam3**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 44
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **club-update**: 17:58, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 17:58, 1 November 2023 (UTC)