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Homare Sawa
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Sawa captained Japan to the 2011 World Cup, winning both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot. Her equaliser late in the final is the famous image, but six World Cup appearances and a long title-winning club career reveal the foundations beneath it. She offers a route into Japan's patient development of technical players, not just the story of one extraordinary summer.
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