Saki Kumagai

is a Japanese footballer. She plays for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Kumagai was born in Sapporo on October 17, 1990. After graduating from Tokiwagi Gakuen High School, she joined for Urawa Reds in 2009. The club won Nadeshiko League championship in 2009 season. In July 2011, she moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt. After she played 2 season, she moved to French Division 1 Feminine club Olympique Lyonnais in June 2013. Kumagai scored the decisive penalty for Lyon in the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final, following a player-of-the-match performance.

On March 7, 2008, when Kumagai was 17 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against Canada. In August, Kumagai was selected for the Japan U-20 national team at the 2008 U-20 World Cup. In 2010, she played for the U-20 team as captain during the 2010 U-20 World Cup. In 2011, she was part of Japan's World Cup-winning team, scoring the winning penalty in the final against the United States. She was also in the squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 World Cup. Japan came second at both competitions. In January 2017, she was named Japan's captain by manager Asako Takakura. In 2018, Japan won the 2018 Asian Cup. She has played more than 100 games for Japan. On November 10, 2019, Kumagai scored her first ever goal in a friendly match for Japan in a 2–0 win against South Africa.

## Statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Urawa Reds|2009|21|2|4|1|-|-|25|3||||
|2010|18|6|4|2|2|0|-|24|8|||||
|2011|5|0|0|0|-|-|5|0||||||
|rowspan="2"|Frankfurt|2011–12|20|2|3|0|-|8|0|31|2|||

|colspan="3"|Japan national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2008|2|0|
|2009|0|0|
|2010|15|0|
|2011|16|0|
|2012|16|0|
|2013|9|0|
|2014|5|0|
|2015|11|0|
|2016|7|0|
|2017|9|0|
|2018|10|0|
|2019|10|1|
|2020|2|0|

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Saki Kumagai
- **image**: Saki Kumagai in 2011.JPG
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Kumagai at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011 World Cup
- **fullname**: Saki Kumagai
- **birth place**: Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender, Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Olympique Lyonnais
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2008
- **youthclubs1**: Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
- **years1**: 2009–2011
- **clubs1**: Urawa Reds Ladies, Urawa Reds
- **caps1**: 44
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2011–2013
- **clubs2**: 1. FFC Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- **caps2**: 38
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2013–
- **clubs3**: Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Olympique Lyonnais
- **caps3**: 135
- **goals3**: 25
- **nationalyears1**: 2008–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2008–
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 112
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: end of the 2019/20 season
- **nationalteam-update**: December 31, 2020