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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 42)[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)
International career
2006 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
JEF United Chiba
Winner J.League Cup 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020

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

Club career

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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.

In October 2019, he announced he would play the last season for the club.[4] In January 2020, he became "Club Officer", representing the club in several occasions.[5]

National team career

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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.[6]

Club statistics

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As of 1 January 2020.[7]
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
2015 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
2019 18 0 0 0 – 18 0
Total 229 8 13 2 – 252 10
Career total 459 37 26 3 53 6 538 46

National team statistics

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[6]

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

References

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  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 (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ J.League(in Japanese)
  4. ^ "佐藤勇人選手 現役引退のお知らせ | トップチーム | 2019.10 | 新着情報 ｜ ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉 公式ウェブサイト".
  5. ^ "佐藤勇人氏「クラブユナイテッドオフィサー（Club United Officer）」就任について | クラブ | 2020.01 | 新着情報 ｜ ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉 公式ウェブサイト".
  6. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ 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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