Keita Saito

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Keita Saito
齋藤 恵太
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Saito with Fukushima United in 2015
Personal information
Full name Keita Saito
Date of birth (1993-03-31) March 31, 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Yamamoto, Miyagi, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Blaublitz Akita
Number 29
Youth career
2011–2014 Sendai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Fukushima United FC 28 (8)
2016–2017 Roasso Kumamoto 37 (4)
2017–2019 Mito HollyHock 22 (1)
2019 → Nagano Parceiro (loan) 17 (1)
2020- Blaublitz Akita 46 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Keita Saito (齋藤 恵太, Saitō Keita, born March 31, 1993 in Miyagi) is a Japanese football player for Blaublitz Akita.[1]

Career[]

Saito joined J3 League club Fukushima United FC in 2015. On 8 November 2015, he netted a hat-trick, the first of his career, in a 3–0 win over J.League U-22 Selection.[2] In 2016, he moved to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto.[3] He is one of the fastest players in the world as he is able to reach speeds of 36km/h. [4]

List of fastest soccer players in the world[]

Name Nation Speed km/h
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 38.6[5]
Bruno Henrique Pinto  Brazil 38[6]
Arjen Robben  Holland 37[5]
Gareth Bale  Wales 36.9[7]
Alphonso Davies  Canada 36.51[8]
Achraf Hakimi  Morocco 36.48[8]
Adama Traore  Spain 36.25[8]
Keita Saito  Japan over 36
Kylian Mbappé  France 36[9]
Orlando Berrío  Spain 36[7]

Club statistics[]

Updated 7 January 2021.[10][11]

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2015 Fukushima United FC J3 League 28 8 0 0 28 8
2016 Roasso Kumamoto J2 League 25 2 0 0 25 2
2017 12 2 1 0 13 2
Mito HollyHock 12 1 – 12 1
2018 9 0 1 0 10 0
2019 1 0 1 0 2 0
2019 Nagano Parceiro J3 League 17 1 0 0 17 1
2020 Blaublitz Akita 24 3 0 0 24 3
2021 J2 League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 128 17 3 0 131 17

Honours[]

Blaublitz Akita

References[]

  1. ^ "齋藤 恵太：ロアッソ熊本：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  2. ^ "福島斎藤プロ初ハットトリックで勝利 同年代燃えた - Ｊ３ : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com.
  3. ^ http://fufc.jp/news_cat/201512181100
  4. ^ @Kenichi_Kaga50 (28 August 2020). "彼は毎試合スピード違反です。試合中にカタパルトで36km/h叩き出した選手初めてみたわ誰か捕まえてあげてください。笑ちなみに僕の試合中のデータのMAXで33km/h後半くらいです。他の前線の選手も普通に34キロkm/h出し…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Shekhar, Akarsh (March 2, 2020). "Top List of The Fastest Football Players In The World".
  6. ^ "Top 5 fastest players in world football". June 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Gosavi, Atharva (October 3, 2018). "Top 10 fastest footballers in the world right now". www.sportskeeda.com.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ranking the top 10 fastest football players in the world". August 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top 10 fastest football players in the world in 2020". July 29, 2020.
  10. ^ 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. 209 out of 289)
  11. ^ 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. 209 out of 289)

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