KUMAGAI Saki

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: SAPPORO

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #01 JPN Japan 1 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #07 JPN Japan 0 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group E #13 CHI Chile 0 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #21 SWE Sweden 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2012	London, GBR

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2011	Germany
2	Senior	2015	Canada
13	Senior	2019	France

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Jordan

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN

Languages spoken:

English, French, German, Japanese

FC Bayern Munich [Germany] since 2021

Jens Scheuer [club], GER; Asako Takakura [national], JPN

Position style:

Defender, Midfielder (theworldmagazine.jp, 31 Aug 2020; ol.fr, 11 Feb 2021)

Right-footed (ol.fr, 11 Feb 2021)

2008 for Japan Against Canada (jfa.jp, 07 Mar 2008; Japan Team Handbook, 2008)

In 2020 she suffered a sprained ankle. (ol.fr, 20 Nov 2020)

In 2014 she was sidelined for one month due to an injury. (Ameba profile, 13 Apr 2014)

National league:

Bundesliga [GER] (fcbayern.com, 12 May 2021)

She took up the sport in first grade of primary school. (the-ans.jp, 09 Sep 2017)

She was encouraged by her older brother. (the-ans.jp, 09 Sep 2017)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (47news.jp, 08 Dec 2020)

Japanese footballer Homare Sawa. (COPA90 Football YouTube channel, 20 Jun 2019)

Philosophy:

"I'm doing my best to enjoy not only football but also my life. If I don't enjoy my life, it will be difficult to reach the next level." (pathway.jpnsport.go.jp, 08 Feb 2017)

In 2019 she was named Women's Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation [AFC]. (The AFC Hub YouTube channel, 03 Dec 2019)

She received the Hokkaido Medal of Honour in July 2011. (sponichi.co.jp, 28 July 2011)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
In 2011 she relocated to Germany to join Bundesliga club 1.FFC Frankfurt, and moved to France in 2013 after signing for Olympique Lyonnais. In May 2021 she moved back to Germany to play for FC Bayern Munich. (bennu.co.jp, 27 Nov 2020; Ameba profile, 31 Dec 2011; jfa.jp, 30 Sep 2020; ol.fr, 15 Jan 2020; fcbayern.com, 12 May 2021)

Milestones

She became the first Japanese female footballer to score a goal in the final of the European Champions League when she scored for Olympique Lyonnais in their 3-1 win over Wolfsburg in the final of the 2019/20 edition. (english.kyodonews.net, 31 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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