Yui Hasegawa

Yui Hasegawa
長谷川 唯
Hasegawa with Japan in 2024
Personal information
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 48 (1)
International career‡
2012–2014 Japan U-17 17 (10)
2016 Japan U-20 19 (7)
2017– Japan 87 (18)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jordan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Papua New Guinea
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 China
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Costa Rica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:11, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:40, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

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. Considered as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world,[3][4] she has the versatility to operate across the midfield in both offensive and defensive positions.

Born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture and brought up in Toda, Saitama,[5] 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[6] before moving to West Ham United[7] 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.[8]

A full international since 2017, Hasegawa has represented Japan in the 2019 and 2023 FIFA World Cup, the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, as well as the 2018 and 2022 AFC Asian Cup. As of August 2024, she had scored 18 goals in 86 appearances for Japan.[9]

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  3. ^ "Yui Hasegawa's remarkable City numbers". OneFootball. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  4. ^ Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2023". the Guardian. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Vol.７：「歩みをとめない」長谷川唯×Future彼女が思い描く「未来」とは？ | 歩みをとめない者たち". MS&ADインシュアランス グループ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
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