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Daisuke Sakata

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Daisuke Sakata
坂田 大輔
Personal information
Full name Daisuke Sakata
Date of birth (1983-01-16) January 16, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998 Yokohama Flügels
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2010 Yokohama F. Marinos 247 (46)
2011 Aris Thessaloniki 6 (0)
2011 FC Tokyo 10 (1)
2012–2017 Avispa Fukuoka 201 (30)
Total 464 (77)
International career
2003 Japan U-20 4 (4)
2006 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Winner J1 League 2003
Winner J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2002
Winner J.League Cup 2001
FC Tokyo
Winner Emperor's Cup 2011
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daisuke Sakata (坂田 大輔, Sakata Daisuke, born January 16, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

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He first played for Yokohama Flügels youth team but became a Yokohama F. Marinos youth player when both teams merged in 1999. He was promoted to the top team in 2001. His first league appearance came on June 16, 2001 in a 0-2 defeat by FC Tokyo at the International Stadium Yokohama. His first league goal came on August 18, 2001 when he scored the lone goal against Kashiwa Reysol at Kashiwanoha Stadium. He became a regular player from 2003. The club won the champions 2003 and 2004 J1 League.

Sakata joined Superleague Greece side Aris Thessaloniki in 2011 after ten years at Yokohama F. Marinos[1] but only stayed for a short time before returning to FC Tokyo for the 2nd half of the season.

In January 2012 it was announced he had signed for Avispa Fukuoka in J2 League. Avispa won the 3rd place in 2015 J2 League and was promoted to J1 League. However Avispa finished at the bottom place in 2016 J1 League and was relegated to J2 in a year. He opted to retire end of 2017 season.[2]

National team career

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He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 AFC Youth Championship in Qatar. The team finished runners-up and was qualified for the 2003 World Youth Championship.

At the World Youth Championship hosted by United Arab Emirates, he scored 4 goals in the tournament including against South Korea at knockout stage and became one of the top scorers along with Fernando Cavenaghi (Argentine), Dudu (Brazil) and Eddie Johnson (United States). The team exited at the quarter-final stage after beaten by Brazil.

He made his full international debut for Japan on August 9, 2006 in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo National Stadium when he replaced Alessandro Santos in the 86th minute.[3]

Personal life

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Sakata married actress and TV Tarento Sayaka Fukuoka in February 2009.

Club statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
2001 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 11 2 0 0 5 0 - 16 2
2002 19 1 2 1 0 0 - 21 2
2003 25 6 1 0 6 1 - 32 7
2004 28 10 1 1 5 1 4 1 38 13
2005 29 5 2 0 4 1 2 1 37 7
2006 19 4 3 2 2 0 - 24 6
2007 34 10 2 2 9 3 - 45 15
2008 32 1 3 0 7 1 - 42 2
2009 30 6 3 2 10 1 - 43 9
2010 20 1 1 0 4 0 - 25 1
Greece League Greek Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011 Aris Thessaloniki Superleague 6 0 6 0
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
2011 FC Tokyo J2 League 10 1 2 0 12 1
2012 Avispa Fukuoka J2 League 40 8 1 0 41 8
2013 40 11 0 0 40 11
2014 31 5 1 0 32 5
2015 35 3 3 0 38 3
2016 J1 League 24 2 0 0 5 0 29 2
2017 J2 League 31 1 0 0 31 1
Total Japan 458 77 25 8 57 8 6 2 546 95
Greece 6 0 6 0
Career total 464 77 25 8 57 8 6 2 552 95

National team statistics

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

Honors and awards

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Team honors

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Yokohama F. Marinos

Personal awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Daisuke Sakata signs for ARIS FC". Aris Thessaloniki. 20 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ Avispa Fukuoka(in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b "Japan National Football Team Database". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  4. ^ Avispa Fukuoka(in Japanese)
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