Daisuke Sakai

Daisuke Sakai
坂井大将
Personal information
Full name	Daisuke Sakai
Date of birth	January 18, 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Samut Prakan City
Number	14
Youth career
	Oita Trinita
Senior career*
National team
Representing Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daisuke Sakai (坂井大将, Sakai Daisuke, born January 18, 1997 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese football player for Samut Prakan City.

National team career[]

In October 2013, Sakai was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2013 U-17 World Cup. He played all 4 matches and scored a goal against Tunisia. In May 2017, he was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches as defensive midfielder.

Updated to 25 February 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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
2014	Oita Trinita	J2 League	0	0	1	1	-		1	1
2015		J2 League	4	0	2	0	-		6	0
2016		J3 League	11	0	2	0	-		13	0
2017		J2 League	4	0	2	1	-		6	1
2017-2018	Tubize	Belgian First Division B	3	0	-		-		3	0
2018	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	8	0	2	1	2	0	12	1
Career total			30	0	9	3	2	0	41	3

^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 161 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 239 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 251 out of 289)

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