Nozomi Yamago

Nozomi Yamago
山郷のぞみ
Personal information
Full name	Nozomi Yamago
Date of birth	January 16, 1975
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nozomi Yamago (山郷のぞみ, Yamagō Nozomi, born January 16, 1975) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Yamago was born in Saitama on January 16, 1975. After graduating from high school, she joined Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (later Iga FC Kunoichi) in 1993. In 2002, she moved to her local club Saitama Reinas FC (later Urawa Reds). In 2005, she moved to Women's Premier Soccer League club California Storm. End of 2005 season, she returned to Urawa Reds in September. In 2012, she moved to AS Elfen Saitama. She retired in 2014. She was elected Best Eleven 10 times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).

On June 15, 1997, Yamago debuted for Japan national team against China.^[1] She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. At 2011 World Cup, Japan won the championship.^[2] She played 96 games for Japan until 2011.

Champion (1): 2011

Gold Medal (1): 2010

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