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Yuki Nagasato

Yuki Nagasato

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Japan
Born:
1987-07-15 (age 39)
Height:
168 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 135 GP · 10,421 min · 24 goals · 25 assists

Composite 2024: 0.300 — ranked 147 of 338 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Chicago Stars63332120315010.270.81
22018Chicago Stars22171739470351936400.210.57
32019Chicago Stars24242215880382245300.330.65
42021Racing Lou21181655220631678.3400.110.22
52022Chicago Stars222118414301582179.4100.200.34
62023Chicago Stars19181574320951282.0200.170.29
72024Dash21141065210751082.1200.170.25
7 Yrs13511510421242501136314580.31610.210.42

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Chicago Stars33210.790.210.210.470.57-0.100.130.590.160.027
22018Chicago Stars173943.930.070.200.811.20-0.390.042.750.140.282
32019Chicago Stars221585.842.160.245.016.04-1.040.204.780.190.526
42021Racing Lou165520.841.160.050.842.17-1.340.052.560.140.285
52022Chicago Stars184142.131.870.103.083.74-0.670.152.430.120.240
62023Chicago Stars157432.050.950.122.544.09-1.550.141.860.110.316
72024Dash106520.741.260.062.122.31-0.180.180.750.060.252
7 Yrs104212416.327.680.1414.8720.12-5.270.1315.720.141.928

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120242.616-0.9560.625-0.1380.300147338

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120173312played her role
22018188281827an 8, played like a 10
32019262422114162played her role
42020222a 9, played like a 10
5202122152122241591played her role
62022266173998a winger, played like a 6
72023222153210444an 8, played like a 6
8202416341449241an 8, played like a 6
8 Yrs135638362264333354317played her role

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Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Morgan GautratPride2025Midfielder0.769
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3Julia GrossoChicago Stars2025Midfielder0.682
4Victoria PickettKC Current2021Midfielder0.659
5Delanie SheehanDash2025Midfielder0.654
6Marisa DiGrandeDash2022Midfielder0.642
7Dorian BaileyBay2025Midfielder0.637
8Meredith SpeckCourage2023Midfielder0.626
9Meggie Dougherty HowardPride2021Midfielder0.602
10Danielle ColapricoChicago Stars2022Midfielder0.580