Soccer-Japanese trailblazer, World Cup winner Nagasato hangs up her boots


FILE PHOTO: Yuki Nagasato of Japan celebrates her goal against Brazil during their women's friendly soccer match in Kobe, western Japan, April 5, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese World Cup winner Yuki Nagasato, who in 2020 made history by briefly signing on loan for a men's team, has called time on her 24-year professional career at the age of 37.

The striker played 132 times for her country, including at the 2011 World Cup where she came on as a substitute in the final as the Nadeshiko beat the United States to clinch the biggest prize in women's football.

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