is a Japanese former

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. She played for Japan national team. Her brother

Genki Nagasato is a Japanese Association football, footballer who plays for Hayabusa Eleven FC. His sisters are Japan women's national football team, Japan women's national team players Yuki Nagasato and Asano Nagasato. He primarily plays as a left-winger but ...

and sister

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are footballers.

Club career

Nagasato was born in

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on January 24, 1989. She joined

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club

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. In 2016, she retired.

National team career

In November 2008, Nagasato was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2008 U-20 World Cup. She scored two goals including a winner against

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. On July 29, 2009, Asano Nagasato debuted for Japan national team against

. She was a member of Japan for 2015 World Cup. She played 11 games and scored 1 goals for Japan until 2015.

National team statistics

List of match i
2011
at Japan Football Association

References

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1989 births Living people Japan Women's College of Physical Education alumni People from Atsugi, Kanagawa Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub