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 43) [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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2007 JEF United Chiba 158 (26)
2008–2009 Kyoto Sanga FC 62 (3)
2010–2019 JEF United Chiba 356 (10)
Total441(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 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.

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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.

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

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

As of 1 January 2020. [7]
Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2000 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 10002030
2001 00300030
2002 1303060220
2003 2843130345
2004 2971051358
2005 JEF United Chiba J1 League 34810110468
2006 26410102376
2007 2730051324
Total1582612142421231
2008 Kyoto Sanga FC J1 League 3431061414
2009 2800051331
Total62310111744
2010 JEF United Chiba J2 League 36510–375
2011 36120–381
2012 31210–322
2013 30012–312
2014 24020–260
2015 26010–270
2016 11020–130
2017 19010–200
2018 8020–100
2019 18000–180
Total2298132–25210
Career total4593726353653846

National team statistics

[6]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2006 10
Total10

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 ( archive ) (in Japanese) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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. 1 2 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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