Mitsuki Saito

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Mitsuki Saito
Personal information
Full name Mitsuki Saito[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rubin Kazan
(on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
Youth career
Shonan Bellmare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Shonan Bellmare 112 (4)
2020– → Rubin Kazan (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2015 Japan U17 1 (0)
2016 Japan U18 3 (0)
2018 Japan U19 3 (0)
2019 Japan U20 4 (0)
2020– Japan U23 2 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2020

Mitsuki Saito (齊藤 未月, Saitō Mitsuki, born 10 January 1999) is a Japanese footballer[2] who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian club Rubin Kazan, on loan from Shonan Bellmare. He played as a defensive midfielder early in his career.

Career[]

Mitsuki Saito was promoted to top team from youth team of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare in 2016. He scored his first goal for the club on a 2-1 loss against V-Varen Nagasaki at the group stage of the 2018 J.League Cup.[3]

On 14 December 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[4] On 16 February 2021 he was operated on due to an injury to ankle tendons, recovery was expected to last 4 months, he was not able to play for Rubin in the 2020–21 season.[5] Upon his recovery from injury, he made his debut for Rubin on 12 August 2021 in a Europa Conference League qualifier against the Polish club Raków Częstochowa. He substituted Hwang In-beom in the 106th minute in the extra time, as Rubin lost 0–1 and were eliminated from the competition.[6] He made his RPL debut for Rubin on 22 August 2021 in a game against FC Khimki, he substituted Darko Jevtić in the 81st minute.[7] On 31 August 2021, he was removed from Rubin's RPL squad once again.[8]

Career statistics[]

Updated to 18 February 2019.[9][10]

Club performance League National Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
2015 Shonan Bellmare J1 League 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0
2017 J2 League 30 0 2 0 – 32 0
2018 J1 League 18 1 2 0 8 1 28 1
Total 50 1 6 1 10 2 66 3

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ J.League Data Site
  3. ^ J.LEAGUE.JP, "Schedule & Results"
  4. ^ "В «РУБИН» НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ ПЕРЕШЕЛ МИЦУКИ САЙТО" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ "МИЦУКИ САЙТО УСПЕШНО ПРООПЕРИРОВАН" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Rubin v Raków game report". UEFA. 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Khimki v Rubin game report". Russian Premier League. 22 August 2021.
  8. ^ Mitsuki Saito at Russian Premier League
  9. ^ 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 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 106 out of 289)
  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. 130 out of 289)

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