The numbers behind Yui Hasegawa’s Etihad Player of the Season award | OneFootball

Yui Hasegawa has been named Etihad Player of the Season for 2024/25.

Your votes meant the Japan international fought off the sizeable challenge of Mary Fowler and Kerstin Casparij in our three-player shortlist.

It’s the midfielder’s first Player of the Season award at City, having been named in the WSL Team of the Year in each of her previous two full seasons at the Joie Stadium.

A player who often goes under the radar outside the Club, Hasegawa has once again shown remarkable consistency across 2024/25 in what has been a challenging year for City.

Below are some of the incredible statistics behind the Japan international’s season...

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Consistency

In a season where City were impacted by an almost unprecedented injury crisis, Hasegawa remained a consistent figure in the Blues’ engine room.

Only Jess Park made as many appearances across all competitions as the midfielder in 2024/25 (38), with Hasegawa missing just one match – our FA Cup fourth round win over Ipswich in January.

It continues a remarkable trend for the Japan midfielder, who has featured in 95 of the 99 possible matches in which she could’ve represented City so far.

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Possession game

In terms of both retaining possession and in creating chances, Hasegawa stands out.

Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey was the only player to make more successful passes in the opposition half this season than the Japan international, but Hasegawa completed the most dribbles (36) in the division.

She was also involved in more shot-ending sequences (125) than any other midfielder in the WSL last season, with Chelsea’s Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (107) her closest rival.

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Off the ball

But Hasegawa is equally influential without the ball.

She won possession more than any other player in the WSL across 2024/25, and more than anyone else in the middle third of the pitch - a crucial area for any team looking to gain a foothold in a game.

It’s a similar story in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, where only Kim Little (89) has won possession more times than the Japan international (80), despite City not featuring since the quarter-finals.

Hasegawa also ranks top for interceptions (19), first for total distance covered (11.7km) fourth for tackles (27) and seventh for duels won (44), showing she more than matches up with Europe’s best.

And just to cap all the above off, the midfielder reached all of those numbers without committing a single foul in the WSL, Champions League or League Cup!