Homare Sawa

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FIFA Women's World Cup-winning captain Japan women's international footballer association football player human women's association football player

Homare Sawa is a legendary Japanese footballer and former national team captain widely regarded as one of the greatest women’s players of all time, known for leading Japan to victory at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and winning both the Golden Ball and FIFA World Player of the Year that same year.

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Label	Occurrences
Homare Sawa canonical	9

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FIFA Women's World Cup-winning captain ⓘ Japan women's international footballer ⓘ association football player ⓘ human ⓘ women's association football player ⓘ
awardReceived	Asian Football Confederation Women's Player of the Year ⓘ FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot ⓘ The Best FIFA Women's Player ⓘ surface form: FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
captainOf	Japan women's national football team ⓘ
club	Atlanta Beat ⓘ INAC Kobe Leonessa ⓘ Nippon Television Network ⓘ surface form: Nippon TV Beleza Washington Freedom ⓘ
continentOfBirth	Asia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
familyName	Sawa ⓘ
givenName	Homare ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the greatest women's footballers of all time ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn	L. League ⓘ Women’s United Soccer Association ⓘ surface form: Women's United Soccer Association
medalistAt	2012 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Japan women's national football team ⓘ
name	Homare Sawa self-link ⓘ
nationality	Japanese ⓘ
notableFor	leading Japan to its first FIFA Women's World Cup title in 2011 ⓘ serving as long-time captain of the Japan women's national football team ⓘ
occupation	professional footballer ⓘ
participatedIn	1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup ⓘ surface form: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ surface form: 1996 Summer Olympics football tournament 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ surface form: 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ surface form: 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup ⓘ surface form: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
placeOfBirth	Tokyo ⓘ
positionPlayed	midfielder ⓘ
representedNationalTeam	Japan women's national football team ⓘ
retiredFromSport	association football ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
winnerOf	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ 2011 FIFA World Player of the Year (women) ⓘ FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ surface form: FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Golden Ball FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot ⓘ surface form: FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Golden Boot

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Women's Professional Soccer → featuredPlayer → Homare Sawa ⓘ

Washington Freedom → notablePlayer → Homare Sawa ⓘ

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup → goldenBallWinner → Homare Sawa ⓘ

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup → goldenBootWinner → Homare Sawa ⓘ

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup → bestPlayer → Homare Sawa ⓘ

Atlanta Beat → notablePlayer → Homare Sawa ⓘ

Japan women's national football team → famousPlayer → Homare Sawa ⓘ

Japan women's national football team → captainDuring2011WorldCup → Homare Sawa ⓘ

Homare Sawa → name → Homare Sawa self-link ⓘ