Nozomi Yamago

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山郷のぞみ

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|fullname=Nozomi Yamago

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|1|16}}

|birth_place=Saitama, Saitama, Japan

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|position=Goalkeeper

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|youthyears1=1990–1992|youthclubs1=Honjo Women's High School

|years1=1993–2001|clubs1=Iga FC Kunoichi|caps1=115|goals1=0

|years2=2002–2004|clubs2=Saitama Reinas FC|caps2=47|goals2=0

|years3=2005|clubs3=California Storm|caps3=|goals3=

|years4=2005–2012|clubs4=Urawa Reds|caps4=123|goals4=0

|years5=2013–2014|clubs5=AS Elfen Saitama|caps5=41|goals5=0

|totalcaps=326|totalgoals=0

|nationalyears1=1997–2011|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=96|nationalgoals1=0

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{{Nihongo|Nozomi Yamago|山郷のぞみ|Yamagō Nozomi|born January 16, 1975}} is a Japanese former football player. She played for the Japan women's national football team as a goalkeeper.

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. At the end of the 2005 season, she returned to Urawa Reds in September. In 2012, she moved to AS Elfen Saitama. She retired in 2014. She was selected to the Nadeshiko League Best XI 10 times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).

National team career

On June 15, 1997, Yamago debuted for the Japan national team against China.[http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association]{{in lang|ja}} She was a member of Japan squads at the 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Women's World Cups, as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2011 World Cup, Japan won the championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150913220722/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=172/index.html FIFA] She played 96 games for Japan until 2011.

National team statistics

List of match in [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2010.html 2010], [http://www.jfa.jp/nadeshikojapan/schedule_result/2011.html 2011] at Japan Football Association {{in lang|ja}}

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3\|Japan national team
1997	6	0
1998	8	0
1999	10	0
2000	4	0
2001	10	0
2002	8	0
2003	15	0
2004	10	0
2005	5	0
2006	4	0
2007	3	0
2008	3	0
2009	2	0
2010	7	0
2011	1	0
Total\|\|96\|\|0