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Yui Hasegawa
Japanese footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yui Hasegawa (長谷川 唯, Hasegawa Yui, born January 29, 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Japan national team. A versatile midfielder, she is capable of operating across the midfield either as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder.
![]() Hasegawa with Japan in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yui Hasegawa | ||
Date of birth | (1997-01-29) January 29, 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Sendai, Miyagi, Japan[1][2] | ||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2012 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2021 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 148 | (19) |
2021 | Milan | 9 | (3) |
2021–2022 | West Ham United | 17 | (2) |
2022– | Manchester City | 42 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2014 | Japan U-17 | 17 | (10) |
2016 | Japan U-20 | 19 | (7) |
2017– | Japan | 84 | (18) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC) |
Born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture and brought up in Toda, Saitama,[3] Hasegawa played youth football with Tokyo Verdy Beleza before she began her career with the senior team in 2013. In 2021, Hasegawa joined AC Milan[4] before moving to West Ham United[5] at the end of 2020-21 Serie A season. She joined Manchester City in the summer of 2022 after spending one season with West Ham United.[6]
A full international since 2017, Hasegawa has represented Japan in the 2019 and 2023 FIFA World Cup, the 2020 Olympic Games, as well as the 2018 and 2022 AFC Asian Cup. As of November 2023, she had scored 18 goals in 75 appearances for Japan.[7]