# Homare Sawa

Homare Sawa is a Japanese footballer, born on 6 September 1978 in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. Sawa played as a midfielder for NTV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. Sawa scored 242 goals in 620 league and international games and won 27 trophies, including the World Cup and 12 league titles.

## Sawa's career stats

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, league games | 415 | 159 |
| Japan | 205 | 83 |
| Total | 620 | 242 |

Goals per game: 0.39.

## Sawa's trophies and awards

- Trophies with club and country: 27
- League titles: 12
- Domestic cups: 10
- World Cup: 1
- Trophies with Japan: 5
- Individual awards: 24

### Yomiuri/Nippon TV Beleza

- Nadeshiko.League (8): 8 (1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
- Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament (7): 7 (1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- Nadeshiko League Cup: 1 (2007)

### INAC Kobe Leonessa

- Nadeshiko.League: 3 (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament: 1 (2011)
- International Women's Club Championship: 1 (2013)
- Nadeshiko League Cup: 1 (2013)

### Japan

- East Asian Football Championship: 2 (2008, 2010)
- Asian Games Gold Medal: 1 (2010)
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 1 (2011)
- AFC Women's Asian Cup: 1 (2014)

### Individual

- Nadeshiko League Best Eleven (11): 11 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012)
- AFC Women's Player of the Year: 2 (2004, 2008)
- Nadeshiko League MVP: 2 (2006, 2008)
- EAFF Women's Football Championship Best Player: 2 (2008, 2010)
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 1 (2011)
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Shoe: 1 (2011)
- FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 1 (2011)
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1 (2011)
- Asian Football Hall of Fame: 1 (2014)
- IFFHS AFC Best Woman Player of the Decade: 1 (2011–2020)
- |IFFHS AFC Woman Team of the Decade: 1 (2011–2020)

## Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 1991–1999: NTV Beleza, 136 games, 79 goals
2. 1999–2000: Denver Diamonds
3. 2001–2003: Atlanta Beat, 55 games, 13 goals
4. 2004–2008: Nippon TV Beleza, 85 games, 47 goals
5. 2009–2010: Washington Freedom, 41 games, 6 goals
6. 2009: Nippon TV Beleza (loan), 4 games, 2 goals
7. 2010: Nippon TV Beleza, 0 games, 0 goals
8. 2011–2015: INAC Kobe Leonessa, 94 games, 12 goals

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