Naoki Sakai

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Naoki Sakai
Personal information
Full nameNaoki Sakai
Date of birth (1975-08-02) August 2, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birthNagareyama, Chiba, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1991–1993Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2001Kashiwa Reysol130(16)
2002–2003Consadole Sapporo27(1)
Total157(17)
National team
1996Japan1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Sakai was born in Nagareyama on August 2, 1975. He joined his local club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 1994. He played many matches as right midfielder. The club won the champions at 1999 J.League Cup. From 2000, his opportunity to play decreased behind Mitsuteru Watanabe. He moved to Consadole Sapporo in 2002. He retired end of 2003 season.

On October 13, 1996, Sakai debuted for the Japan national team against Tunisia.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club performance League CupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J. League CupTotal
1994 Kashiwa Reysol Football League 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
1995 J1 League 19 0 0 0 - 19 0
1996 19 8 1 1 12 3 32 12
1997 14 0 3 1 6 0 23 1
1998 27 5 2 3 2 0 31 8
1999 24 2 4 2 7 0 35 4
2000 15 0 2 1 0 0 17 1
2001 12 1 0 0 2 0 14 1
2002 Consadole Sapporo J1 League 17 1 0 0 3 0 20 1
2003 J2 League 10 0 0 0 - 10 0
Country Japan 157 17 12 8 32 3 201 28
Total 157 17 12 8 32 3 201 28

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
1996 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. Naoki Sakai at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Naoki Sakai at J.League (in Japanese)
  3. Japan National Football Team Database

Other websites

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