Yūto Satō

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Yuto Sato
佐藤 勇人
Personal information
Full name Yuto Sato
Date of birth (1982-03-12) March 12, 1982 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1999 JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 JEF United Chiba 158 (26)
2008–2009 Kyoto Sanga FC 62 (3)
2010–2019 JEF United Chiba 356 (10)
Total 441 (37)
National team
2006 Japan 1 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yuto Sato (佐藤 勇人, Satō Yūto, born March 12, 1982) is a Japanese retired football player.[2] He played for Japan national team. His brother Hisato Sato is also footballer.

Club career[]

Sato was born in Kasukabe on March 12, 1982. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 2000. He debuted in 2000 and played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2002. In 2003, he completely became a regular player and JEF United finished at the 3rd place under new manager Ivica Osim. After that, JEF United won the champions in 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup.

In 2008, Sato moved to Kyoto Sanga FC.[3] He played as regular player in 2 seasons.

In 2010, Sato re-joined JEF United Chiba which club was relegated to J2 League from 2010 season. He played as regular player and JEF United qualified for Promotion Playoffs to J1 for 3 years in a row (2012-2014). However the club missed promotion for J1.

National team career[]

In August 2006, when Sato played for JEF United Chiba, he was selected Japan national team under new manager Ivica Osim who is manager for JEF United until July 2006. On August 16, Sato debuted for Japan against Yemen.[4]

Club statistics[]

As of end of 2018 season[5]
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
2000 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
2001 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
2002 13 0 3 0 6 0 22 0
2003 28 4 3 1 3 0 34 5
2004 29 7 1 0 5 1 35 8
2005 JEF United Chiba J1 League 34 8 1 0 11 0 46 8
2006 26 4 1 0 10 2 37 6
2007 27 3 0 0 5 1 32 4
Total 158 26 12 1 42 4 212 31
2008 Kyoto Sanga FC J1 League 34 3 1 0 6 1 41 4
2009 28 0 0 0 5 1 33 1
Total 62 3 1 0 11 1 74 4
2010 JEF United Chiba J2 League 36 5 1 0 – 37 5
2011 36 1 2 0 – 38 1
2012 31 2 1 0 – 32 2
2013 30 0 1 2 – 31 2
2014 24 0 2 0 – 26 0
26 0 1 0 – 27 0
2016 11 0 2 0 – 13 0
2017 19 0 1 0 – 20 0
2018 8 0 2 0 – 10 0
–
Total 221 8 13 2 – 234 10
Career total 441 37 26 3 53 6 520 46

National team statistics[]

[4]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2006 1 0
Total 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Japan - Y. Satō - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ Yūto Satō at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ J.League(in Japanese)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Japan National Football Team Database
  5. ^ 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. 191 out of 289)

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