Fuka Nagano

Fuka Nagano
Personal information
Full name	Fuka Nagano
Date of birth	9 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	8
Youth career
2013–2014	Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2017	Urawa Reds
2018	Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2019–2020	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
2021–2022	Mynavi Sendai
2022	North Carolina Courage
2023–	Liverpool
National team‡
2013–2016	Japan U17
2017–2018	Japan U20
2018–	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Representing Japan
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 26 October 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:36, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Fuka Nagano (長野風花, Nagano Fuka, born March 9, 1999) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Liverpool and for the Japan national team.

Biography

Nagano was born in Edogawa, Tokyo on March 9, 1999. In 2014, she joined Urawa Reds from their youth team. She played 23 matches until 2017. In 2018, she moved to South Korean club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels. In 2019, she returned to Japan and joined division 2 club Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. In 2021, she moved to Mynavi Sendai.^[1]

In 2014, when Nagano was 15 years old, she was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2014 U-17 World Cup. She played 5 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2016, she played at 2016 U-17 World Cup again. Japan won the 2nd place. She played all 6 matches and was selected Golden Ball award. In 2018, she was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup. She played all 6 matches and scored a goal at the final. Japan won the champions.

On November 11, 2018, Nagano debuted for the Japan national team against Norway.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Reds	2014	Nadeshiko League	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2015	Nadeshiko League	14	0	1	0	—		15	0
	2016	Nadeshiko League	5	0	1	0	8	1	14	1
	2017	Nadeshiko League	1	0	2	0	4	0	7	0
	Total		23	0	4	0	12	1	39	1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	2018	WK League	21	1	—		—		21	1
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	2019	Nadeshiko League Div. 2	16	1	4	0	8	0	28	1
	2020	Nadeshiko League Div. 2	18	0	2	1	—		20	1
	Total		34	1	6	1	8	0	48	2
MyNavi Sendai	2021–22	WE League	20	0	1	0	—		21	0
North Carolina Courage	2022	NWSL	11	2	—		—		11	2
Liverpool	2022–23	Women's Super League	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
	2023–24	Women's Super League	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
Career total			124	4	12	1	21	1	157	6