Players featured on FIFA's 100 Best Goals who played in Japan

Recently a video entitled 100 Best Goals - FIFA Women's World Cup was uploaded to Youtube by FIFATV. Here follows a list of the scorers, the country they represented and the opposition against whom they scored.

Overseas players who played in Japan are highlighted

The breakdown per World Cup is as follows:
1991: Goals 1 to 7
1995: Goals 8 to 13
1999: Goals 14 to 35
2003: Goals 36 to 51
2007: Goals 52 to 71
2011: Goals 72 to 100

In the video, the goals are not presented in strict chronological order.

The name of the player in the list may have changed since the goal was scored. For instance, Nagasato Yuki is now Ogimi Yuki.

No.	Name	Country	Opposition
1	Liu Ailing	China	Norway
2	Carin Jennings	USA	Sweden
3	Mia Hamm	USA	Sweden
4	Ingrid Johansson	Sweden	USA
5	April Heinrichs	USA	Brazil
6	Susanne Hedberg	Sweden	Brazil
7	Michelle Akers	USA	Norway
8	Kristin Sandberg	Norway	Nigeria
9	Ursula Lohn	Germany	Sweden
10	Tone Haugen	Norway	England
11	Bettina Wiegmann	Germany	China
12	Tiffeny Milbrett	USA	Japan
13	Hege Riise	Norway	Germany
14	Mia Hamm	USA	Denmark
15	Kristine Lilly	USA	Denmark
16	Rita Nwadike	Nigeria	Korea DPR
17	Sissi	Brazil	Mexico
18	Galina Komarova	Russia	Norway
19	Mia Hamm	USA	Nigeria
20	Cindy Parlow	USA	Nigeria
21	Jin Pyol Hui	Korea DPR	Denmark
22	Renate Lingor	Germany	Mexico
23	Hege Riise	Norway	Canada
24	Natalia Karasseva	Russia	Japan
25	Natalia Barbachina	Russia	Japan
26	Shannon MacMillan	USA	Korea DPR
27	Kátia	Brazil	Germany
28	Maicon	Brazil	Germany
29	Irina Grigorieva*	Russia	Canada
30	Sun Wen	China	Australia
31	Victoria Svensson	Sweden	Ghana
32	Bettina Wiegmann	Germany	USA
33	Brandi Chastain	USA	Germany
34	Sissi	Brazil	Nigeria
35	Liu Ailing	China	Norway
36	Otani Mio	Japan	Argentina
37	Kristine Lilly	USA	Sweden
38	Daniela	Brazil	Norway
39	Marianne Pettersen	Norway	Brazil
40	Birgit Prinz	Germany	Argentina
41	Alberta Sackey	Ghana	Australia
42	Bai Jie	China	Russia
43	Malin Andersson	Sweden	Brazil
44	Pia Wunderlich	Germany	Russia
45	Birgit Prinz	Germany	Russia
46	Charmaine Hooper	Canada	China
47	Birgit Prinz	Germany	USA
48	Josefine Öqvist	Sweden	Canada
49	Kristine Lilly	USA	Canada
50	Hanna Ljungberg	Sweden	Germany
51	Nia Künzer	Germany	Sweden
52	Sandra Smisek	Germany	Argentina
53	Miyama Aya	Japan	England
54	Kelly Smith	England	Japan
55	Miyama Aya	Japan	England
56	Daniela	Brazil	New Zealand
57	Cristiane	Brazil	New Zealand
58	Renata Costa	Brazil	New Zealand
59	Li Jie	China	Denmark
60	Bi Yan	China	Denmark
61	Song Xiaoli	China	Denmark
62	Eva González	Argentina	England
63	Lisa De Vanna	Australia	Norway
64	Marta	Brazil	China
65	Ri Un Suk	Korea DPR	Sweden
66	Collette McCallum	Australia	Canada
67	Cristiane	Brazil	Australia
68	Marta	Brazil	USA
69	Marta	Brazil	USA
70	Birgit Prinz	Germany	Brazil
71	Simone Laudehr	Germany	Brazil
72	Célia Okoyino da Mbabi	Germany	Canada
73	Christine Sinclair	Canada	Germany
74	Nagasato Yuki	Japan	New Zealand
75	Monica Ocampo	Mexico	England
76	Gaëtane Thiney	France	Canada
77	Élodie Thomis	France	Canada
78	Sawa Homare	Japan	Mexico
79	Sawa Homare	Japan	Mexico
80	Heather O'Reilly	USA	Colombia
81	Megan Rapinoe	USA	Colombia
82	Rachel Yankey	England	Japan
83	Ellen White	England	Japan
84	Ohno Shinobu	Japan	Mexico
85	Maribel Dominguez	Mexico	New Zealand
86	Hannah Wilkinson	New Zealand	Mexico
87	Erika	Brazil	Equitorial Guinea
88	Maruyama Karina	Japan	Germany
89	Élise Bussaglia	France	England
90	Elysse Perry	Australia	Sweden
91	Lotta Schelin	Sweden	Australia
92	Abby Wambach	USA	Brazil
93	Kawasumi Nahomi	Japan	Sweden
94	Josefine Öqvist	Sweden	Japan
95	Lauren Cheney	USA	France
96	Alex Morgan	USA	France
97	Lotta Schelin	Sweden	France
98	Marie Hammarstrom	Sweden	France
99	Alex Morgan	USA	Japan
100	Sawa Homare	Japan	USA

Liu Ailing joined Tasaki Perule in 1994, they gained promotion from the Challenge League that season and she stayed with the team until 1997.

Tone Haugen played with the successful Nikko Securities team in the mid-nineties and was one of the leaders in assists in 1995 (10 assists).

Tiffeny Milbrett played with Shiroki in the mid-nineties.

Hege Riise was another Norwegian who joined Nikko Securities in the mid-nineties. She led the league in assists in both 1996 (25) and 1997 (10) and was named on the Best XI in both seasons.

Brandi Chastain joined Shiroki for their first season in the league (1993) when she was named on the Best XI.

Charmanine Hooper played with Prima Ham in the mid-nineties. In 1994 she was the league's top scorer and was named on the Best XI. In 1995 she was named league MVP, was the top scorer and was named on the Best XI. In 1996 she was again named on the Best XI.


* This may in fact be Elena Fomina. Both players resemble each other and both scored in this game from a similar position on the field.

Since the clips of the goals are very short, they may be a number of errors in identification.