Daisuke Saito (footballer, born 1980)

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Daisuke Saito
斉藤 大介
Personal information
Full name Daisuke Saito
Date of birth (1980-08-29) August 29, 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1998
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Kyoto Sanga FC 202 (7)
2008–2011 Vegalta Sendai 71 (1)
2011–2015 Tokushima Vortis 120 (0)
2016 Tochigi SC 5 (0)
2017 Kochi United SC 14 (2)
2018 Ococias Kyoto AC 12 (0)
Total 424 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daisuke Saito (斉藤 大介, Saitō Daisuke, born August 29, 1980) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career[]

Saito was born in Takatsuki on August 29, 1980. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga (later Kyoto Sanga FC) in 1999. Although he could not play many matches until early 2002, he became a regular player as defensive midfielder from July 2002 and the club won the champions 2002 Emperor's Cup first major title in the club history. From 2003, although the club results were bad, he played many matches as regular player for a long time. However the club gain many players in 2008 and he could hardly play in the match. In July 2008, he moved to J2 League club Vegalta Sendai and became a regular player as defensive midfielder. However he lost regular position in summer 2009. Although the club was promoted to J1 from 2010 and he became a regular player from summer 2010, he could hardly play in the match in 2011. In July 2011, he moved to J2 club Tokushima Vortis and became a regular player as defensive midfielder. From summer 2012, he played as center because many defenders got hurt. However he also got hurt in August and could not play at all in the match after that. He came back as center back in 2013 and returned to defensive midfielder from summer and the club was promoted to J1 from 2014 first time in the club history. However the club was relegated to J2 in a year and his opportunity to play decreased. In 2016, he moved to J3 League club Tochigi SC. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2017, he moved to Regional Leagues club Kochi United SC and played in all matches in 2017 season. In 2018, he moved to Regional Leagues club Ococias Kyoto AC. He retired end of 2018 season.[1]

Club statistics[]

[2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1999 Kyoto Purple Sanga J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2001 J2 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 J1 League 22 1 4 0 5 0 31 1
2003 27 1 1 0 4 0 32 1
2004 J2 League 21 0 2 0 - 23 0
2005 42 2 1 0 - 43 2
2006 J1 League 33 1 1 0 5 0 39 1
2007 Kyoto Sanga FC J2 League 48 2 0 0 - 48 2
2008 J1 League 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2008 Vegalta Sendai J2 League 16 1 1 0 - 17 1
2009 36 0 1 0 - 37 0
2010 J1 League 16 0 0 0 4 0 20 0
2011 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 Tokushima Vortis J2 League 23 0 1 0 - 24 0
2012 22 0 0 0 - 22 0
2013 31 0 0 0 - 31 0
2014 J1 League 22 0 1 0 5 0 28 0
2015 J2 League 22 0 3 0 - 25 0
2016 Tochigi SC J3 League 5 0 - - 5 0
2017 Kochi United SC Regional Leagues 14 2 1 0 - 15 2
2018 Ococias Kyoto AC Regional Leagues 12 0 1 0 - 13 0
Career total 424 10 18 0 26 0 468 10

References[]

  1. ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Tochigi SC(in Japanese)

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