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Sawa at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Homare Sawa
Date of birth	(1978-09-06) 6 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.65 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1999	NTV Beleza	136	(79)
1999–2000	Denver Diamonds
2001–2003	Atlanta Beat	55	(13)
2004–2008	Nippon TV Beleza	85	(47)
2009–2010	Washington Freedom	41	(6)
2009	→ Nippon TV Beleza (loan)	4	(2)
2010	Nippon TV Beleza	0	(0)
2011–2015	INAC Kobe Leonessa	94	(12)
Total		415	(159)
National team
1993–2015	Japan	205	(83)
Honours Women's football Representing  Japan Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Team FIFA Women's World Cup Winner 2011 Germany Runner-up 2015 Canada AFC Women's Asian Cup Winner 2014 Vietnam Runner-up 1995 Malaysia Runner-up 2001 Chinese Taipei Bronze 1993 Malaysia Bronze 1997 China Bronze 2008 Vietnam Bronze 2010 China Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team Silver 1994 Hiroshima Team Silver 2006 Doha Team Bronze 1998 Bangkok Team Bronze 2002 Busan Team
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Homare Sawa (澤 穂希, Sawa Homare, born 6 September 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.

Sawa made her club debut in 1991 at the age of 12, and went on to win five titles with Nippon TV Beleza between 1991 and 1999 before departing to the United States to play football in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She played for two WUSA clubs, the Atlanta Beat and the Denver Diamonds, before returning to the Japanese league in 2004. Sawa won another nine titles with Nippon TV Beleza in four years, but left the club again in 2008. That year, Japan reached their first Olympic medal match at the Summer Olympics, and Sawa was Japan's top scorer of the tournament.

In 2011, Sawa captained the Japan national team at the 2011 World Cup. In Germany, Japan advanced to their first final of a major international tournament, where Sawa scored Japan's match-tying goal in extra time, allowing Japan to win the match on penalties. She finished the tournament with the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer. Later in the year, Sawa was named the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, the first Asian person regardless of gender to receive a major year-end individual award. She later captained Japan to a silver medal finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics and then retired from international football for the first time immediately after the completion of the tournament.

Sawa returned to her role in the Japan national team to play in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, her sixth World Cup and the final major international tournament of her career. Japan reached their second-ever Women's World Cup final that year, and after a runner-up finish, she retired from international football for the second and final time. At the end of the year, after winning the 2015 Empress's Cup with INAC Kobe Leonessa, she retired from football completely. She retired from club football with 11 league titles and 8 domestic cup titles in the Japanese League, and was also named to the league's Best XI for 11 seasons.

Sawa remains the leader in both caps and goals for Japan, with 205 and 83 respectively.

Early life

Sawa was born in Fuchū, Tokyo on 6 September 1978. She began playing football at the age of six. While watching her older brother train, she was invited by his coach to join the boys' team on the pitch.

Club career

NTV Beleza

In 1991, long considered Japan's finest female footballer, Sawa was promoted to Yomiuri Beleza (later NTV Beleza) from youth team by manager Kazuhiko Takemoto. She made her debut in L.League, Japan's highest domestic league, at the young age of 12. She played as forward and played 136 matches and scored 79 goals in League. She was also selected Best Eleven 5 times (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998).

In 1999, NTV Beleza cancelled Sawa's contract, forcing her to move abroad to the United States.

Atlanta Beat

With the birth of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in 2001, Sawa found herself playing in the highest-level professional women's league in the United States, for the Atlanta Beat. She scored the first goal in the club's history, and was a centerpiece of the Beat's three seasons in the league, helping them into the playoffs each year. Despite her diminutive stature at 5'5" (165 cm) tall and 121 lbs. (55 kg), she held her own with the mostly larger and more physical players, and was regularly among the team and league leaders in fouls taken.

Nippon TV Beleza

Following the WUSA's demise in 2003, Sawa returned to Japan, where she played with powerhouse Nippon TV Beleza. In 2004, she was named Women's Player of the Year for the Asian Football Confederation. She played the club until 2008. The club won L.League championship for four years in a row (2005–2008). She also was selected L.League MVP awards in 2006 and 2008.

Washington Freedom

On 24 September 2008, Sawa was selected by the Washington Freedom in the first round of the 2008 WPS International Draft. She was a fixture in the Freedom midfield through the league's first two seasons in 2009 and 2010.

Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa

Sawa returned to Japan temporarily at the end of the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, and joined Nippon TV Beleza on loan. At the end of 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season, she returned to Nippon TV Beleza.

In January 2011, Sawa moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa due to financial strain at Nippon TV Beleza, with international players; Shinobu Ohno, Yukari Kinga, and Chiaki Minamiyama. The club won the L.League championship three years in a row (2011–2013). On 16 December 2015, she announced her intent to retire at the end of the 2015 season. At the 2015 Empress's Cup, Sawa's final tournament as a player, INAC Kobe Leonessa reached the final. In the final against Albirex Niigata on 27 December, she scored the lone goal of the match in the 78th minute to secure the championship for her side.

International career

Sawa captaining Japan in the 2011 World Cup

On 6 December 1993, at age 15, Sawa made her Japanese international debut, scoring four goals in her first ever match, a win against the Philippines. Sawa debuted in her first Women's World Cup tournament in 1995, making her first start at 16 years old against Germany.

On 12 July 2003, Sawa scored the tie-winning goal against Mexico in 2003 Women's World Cup qualification play-offs to secure Japan's participation in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Sawa played in all of Japan's matches at the 2004 Olympics, leading them to the knockout round of a major international tournament for the first time in Japan's history.

Sawa scored a hat trick in a 2011 World Cup group stage match against Mexico, becoming the then-oldest player in World Cup history to score a hat trick. Sawa led the Japanese national team as captain to a world championship victory at the 2011 World Cup . After a 2–2 tie in front of a sellout crowd in Frankfurt, Germany (with one goal by Sawa in the 117th minute), Japan won the penalty shootout 3–1, defeating the United States to win their first ever World Cup. Sawa was awarded the Golden Boot for being the tournament's leading scorer with five goals and the Golden Ball for being the tournament's MVP.

On 9 January 2012, Sawa was awarded the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in Zurich, Switzerland. She broke Marta’s streak of 5 consecutive FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards, and also became the first Asian person regardless of gender to receive a major individual year-end award.

In February of that year, Aya Miyama took over captaincy of Japan from Sawa.

Yuki Ogimi (17) scores for Japan against the United States off a pass from Homare Sawa (10) as Kelley O'Hara (5) defends and Hope Solo (1) attempts to save.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Japan met the United States in the gold medal match where they were defeated 2–1. She announced her immediate retirement from international football in August 2012. In October 2012, she was shortlisted for the 2012 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, where she finished 4th place in the voting.

Sawa returned to international competition in 2014 at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, which served as qualifiers to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Sawa scored Japan's opening goal in the semifinal against China, helping Japan win 2–1 to send them to the final. Japan went on to win the final 1–0 against Australia, claiming their first ever Asian Cup title.

Sawa was absent for many months after Japan's Asian Cup win, coinciding with multiple injuries. In November 2014, Sawa was a member of the first round of inductees into the Asian Football Hall of Fame. In March 2015, Norio Sasaki left Sawa out of Japan's squad for the 2015 Algarve Cup despite her being injury-free. Her exclusion from the Algarve Cup squad presented speculation that she would not be named to Japan's World Cup roster, as the Algarve Cup was typically used as warm-up matches for major international competitions.

To some surprise, Sawa was called into Japan's 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad after not featuring for Japan for the second half of 2014 or the early months of 2015. She did not regain her captaincy, however, which was still held by Aya Miyama. She returned to the national team from injury after a one-year absence, marking the occasion by scoring Japan's match-winning goal in a friendly against New Zealand. On 8 June, she started Japan's first match of the 2015 Women's World Cup, achieving her 200th cap with 57 minutes against Switzerland. Sawa and Brazil's Formiga became the first footballers to appear for a record sixth World Cup. Sawa had an off-the-bench role for the remainder of the tournament, starting just twice in seven games. Japan went on to advance to the final against the United States, where Sawa was subbed into the match in the 33rd minute after Japan had already conceded four goals. Japan went on to lose 5–2 to the U.S. in the final in what would end up being Sawa's last ever match with the Nadeshiko.

On 16 December 2015, Sawa announced her retirement from football after the completion of the 2015 Nadeshiko League season. Sawa's retirement was met with tributes from people across Japanese football, including coach Norio Sasaki, teammates Yuki Nagasato, Eriko Arakawa, and Azusa Iwashimizu, and male footballing compatriot Shunsuke Nakamura.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sawa goal.

List of international goals scored by Homare Sawa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 December 1993	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Philippines	Unknown	15–0	1993 AFC Women's Championship
2
3
4
5	20 August 1994	Slovakia	Slovakia	Unknown	2–2	Slovakia international Women's Cup
6	10 July 1996	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Australia	Unknown	2–2	Friendly
7
8	15 July 1996	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Sweden	Unknown	1–3	Friendly
9	5 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Guam	Unknown	21–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
10
11
12
13
14
15
16	7 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	India	1–0	1–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
17	9 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	Unknown	9–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
18
19
20	14 December 1997	Guangzhou, China	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
21				2–0
22	8 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	Unknown	6–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
23	12 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	Unknown	8–0	Football at the 1998 Asian Games
24
25
26	17 December 2000	Phoenix, United States	United States	1–1	1–1	Friendly
27	4 December 2001	Taipei, Taiwan	Singapore	Unknown	14–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
28
29
30
31	8 December 2001	Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	Unknown	11–0	2001 AFC Women's Championship
32
33	9 April 2002	Poitiers, France	Canada	2–1	3–2	Friendly
34				3–1
35	4 October 2002	Changwon, South Korea	Vietnam	3–0	3–0	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
36	7 October 2002	Masan, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–0	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
37	9 October 2002	Changwon, South Korea	China	2–0	2–2	Football at the 2002 Asian Games
38	9 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	7–0	15–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
39	11 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Guam	Unknown	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
40
41	13 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	Unknown	7–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
42	15 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Chinese Taipei	Unknown	5–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
43
44	12 July 2003	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico	1–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-offs
45	20 September 2003	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States	Argentina	1–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
46				2–0
47	27 September 2003	Gillette Stadium, Boston, United States	Canada	1–0	1–3	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
48	18 April 2004	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam	Unknown	7–0	Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
49	18 December 2004	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Chinese Taipei	6–0	11–0	Kirin Challenge Cup
50	21 May 2005	Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	New Zealand	1–0	6–0	Kirin Challenge Cup
51				3–0
52	28 May 2005	Russia	Russia	Unknown	2–0	Friendly
53	10 March 2006	Italy	Scotland	Unknown	4–0	Friendly
54	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Vietnam	1–0	5–0	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
55				2–0
56	19 July 2006	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Chinese Taipei	4–1	11–1	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
57				9–1
58	30 November 2006	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Jordan	10–0	13–0	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
59				13–0
60	10 March 2007	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico	1–0	2–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-off
61	7 April 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam	1–0	2–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
62	15 April 2007	Thailand	Thailand	1–0	4–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
63	3 June 2007	Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	6–0	6–1	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
64	4 August 2007	Vietnam	Vietnam	7–0	8–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
65	12 August 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	1–0	5–0	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
66	18 February 2008	Chongqing, China	North Korea	3–2	3–2	2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
67	5 July 2008	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	China	1–0	1–3	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
68	8 July 2008	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Australia	3–0	3–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
69	24 July 2008	Kobe, Japan	Australia	Unknown	3–0	Friendly
70	6 August 2008	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China	New Zealand	2–2	2–2	2008 Summer Olympics
71	12 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Norway	4–1	5–1	2008 Summer Olympics
72	15 August 2008	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China	China	1–0	2–0	2008 Summer Olympics
73	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Myanmar	2–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
74				7–0
75	30 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	China	2–0	2–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
76	1 July 2011	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Mexico	1–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
77				3–0
78				4–0
79	13 July 2011	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Sweden	2–1	3–1	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
80	17 July 2011	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	United States	2–2	2–2 (3–1 p.s.o)	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
81	11 July 2012	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Australia	3–0	3–0	Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2012)
82	22 May 2014	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	China	1–0	2–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
83	24 May 2015	Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Kagawa, Japan	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Friendly (MS&AD Nadeshiko Cup 2015)

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Sawa has competed in six FIFA Women's World Cups (Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011, and Canada 2015); she and Brazil's Formiga, who competed at the same Women's World Cups, are the only players of either sex to appear in six World Cup final tournaments. Sawa has also represented Japan in four Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. In all, she played 41 matches and scored 11 goals at those ten global tournaments. Sawa was a member of the Japanese teams that won the 2011 Women's World Cup, and were runners-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2015 Women's World Cup.

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	1995-06-05	Karlstad	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
	2	1995-06-07	Karlstad	Brazil	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	3	1995-06-09	Västerås	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 76' (on Etsuko Handa)			0–2 L	Group stage
Atlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	4	1996-07-21	Birmingham, AL	Germany	Start			2–3 L	Group stage
	5	1996-07-23	Birmingham, AL	Brazil	Start			0–2 L	Group stage
	6	1996-07-25	Washington, D.C.	Norway	Start			0–4 L	Group stage
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	7	1999-06-19	San Jose, CA	Canada	Start			1–1 D	Group stage
	8	1999-06-23	Portland, OR	Russia	Start			0–5 L	Group stage
	9	1999-06-26	Chicago	Norway	Start			0–4 L	Group stage
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	10	2003-09-20	Columbus, OH	Argentina	{{{4}}}. off 80' (on Maruyama)	13	1–0	6–0 W	Group stage
2						39	2–0
	11	2003-09-24	Columbus, OH	Germany	Start			0–3 L	Group stage
3	12	2003-09-27	Foxboro, MA	Canada	Start	20	1–0	1–3 L	Group stage
Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	13	2004-08-11	Volos	Sweden	Start			1–0 W	Group stage
	14	2004-08-14	Piraeus	Nigeria	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
	15	2004-08-20	Thessaloniki	United States	Start			1–2 L	Quarter-final
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
	16	2007-09-11	Shanghai	England	Start			2–2 D	Group stage
	17	2007-09-14	Shanghai	Argentina	Start			1–0 W	Group stage
	18	2007-09-17	Hangzhou	Germany	Start			0–2 L	Group stage
Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
4	19	2008-08-06	Qinhuangdao	New Zealand	Start; (c)	86	2–2	2–2 D	Group stage
	20	2008-08-09	Qinhuangdao	United States	Start			0–1 L	Group stage
5	21	2008-08-12	Shanghai	Norway	Start	70	4–1	5–1 W	Group stage
6	22	2008-08-15	Qinhuangdao	China	Start	15	1–0	2–0 W	Quarter-final
	23	2008-08-18	Beijing	United States	Start			2–4 L	Semifinal
	24	2008-08-21	Beijing	Germany	Start			0–2 L	Bronze medal match
Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	25	2011-06-27	Bochum	New Zealand	Start; (c)			2–1 W	Group stage
7	26	2011-07-01	Leverkusen	Mexico	{{{4}}}. off 83' (on Utsugi); (c)	13	1–0	4–0 W	Group stage
8						39	3–0
9						80	4–0
	27	2011-07-05	Augsburg	England	Start; (c)			0–2 L	Group stage
	28	2011-07-09	Wolfsburg	Germany	Start; (c)			1–0 aet W	Quarter-final
10	29	2011-07-13	Frankfurt	Sweden	Start; (c)	60	2–1	3–1 W	Semifinal
11	30	2011-07-17	Frankfurt	United States	Start; (c)	117	2–2	2–2 (pso 3–1) (W)	Final
London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	31	2012-07-25	Coventry	Canada	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	32	2012-07-28	Coventry	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 59' (on Tanaka)			0–0 D	Group stage
	33	2012-08-03	Cardiff	Brazil	Start			2–0 W	Quarter-final
	34	2012-08-06	London	France	Start			2–1 W	Semifinal
	35	2012-08-09	London	United States	Start			1–2 L	Gold medal match
Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	36	2015-06-08	Vancouver	Switzerland	{{{4}}}. off 57' (on Kawamura)			1–0 W	Group stage
	37	2015-06-12	Vancouver	Cameroon	{{{4}}}. on 64' (off Sakaguchi)			2–1 W	Group stage
	38	2015-06-16	Winnipeg	Ecuador	Start			2–1 W	Group stage
	39	2015-06-16	Vancouver	Netherlands	{{{4}}}. on 80' (off Kawasumi)			1–0 W	Round of 16
	40	2015-06-27	Edmonton	Australia	{{{4}}}. on 90' (off Sakaguchi)			2–1 W	Quarter-final
	41	2015-07-05	Vancouver	United States	{{{4}}}. on 33' (off Iwashimizu)			2–5 L	Final

Honors

Yomiuri/Nippon TV Beleza

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

INAC Kobe Leonessa

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

Japan

• East Asian Football Championship: 2008, 2010
• Asian Games Gold Medal: 2010
• FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011
• Olympic Silver Medal: 2012
• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014

Individual

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

Personal life

Sawa attended Teikyo University in 1999 until her club team, Nippon TV Beleza, ended her club contract, forcing her to drop out to go play club football in the United States.

On 11 August 2015, Sawa announced her marriage without naming her husband. The next day, when asked, she said that her husband was former Vegalta Sendai player Hiroaki Tsujikami. On 10 January 2017, it was announced that she had given birth to a baby girl.

In 2013, Sawa was made an ambassador for Japan's bid for the 2020 Olympics, which was later chosen to be hosted in Tokyo. In 2021, she pulled out of the 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay due to a chronic inner-ear condition.

She also works as a TV host and commentator in TV Tokyo as well as being an ambassador of the Japan Football Association.

See also

In Spanish: Homare Sawa para niños

• List of FIFA Women's World Cup winning players
• List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
• List of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA Women's World Cups