Naoto Sakurai

Naoto Sakurai
桜井直人
Personal information
Full name	Naoto Sakurai
Date of birth	September 2, 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1991–1993
Senior career*
Tokyo Verdy
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Naoto Sakurai (桜井直人, Sakurai Naoto, born September 2, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career[]

Sakurai was born in Saitama on September 2, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club Urawa Reds in 1994. He debuted in 1995 and played several matches every season. However could not play many matches. In 1999, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy). He became a regular player immediately and played many matches as forward good at dribbling for a long time. In 2005, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Omiya Ardija based in his local. Although he played many matches until 2006, he could hardly play in the match from 2007 and he retired end of 2008 season.

Club statistics[]

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
1994	Urawa Reds	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995			5	0	0	0	-		5	0
1996			4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
1997			2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
1998			5	0	1	0	3	1	9	1
1999			4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1999	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	14	4	2	1	2	0	18	5
2000	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	17	0	2	1	2	0	21	1
2001	Tokyo Verdy	J1 League	21	3	2	0	0	0	23	3
2002			24	4	0	0	6	0	30	4
2003			19	6	3	2	2	0	24	8
2004			21	6	1	1	7	3	29	10
2005	Omiya Ardija	J1 League	19	4	3	0	6	0	28	4
2006			21	5	0	0	5	0	26	5
2007			7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
2008			3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
Total			186	32	20	5	35	4	241	41

References[]

External links[]

Naoto Sakurai at J.League (in Japanese)

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