Masato Saito

Masato Saito
斉藤雅人
Personal information
Full name	Masato Saito
Date of birth	December 1, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993	Bunan High School
1994–1997	Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2009	Omiya Ardija
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masato Saito (斉藤雅人, Saitō Masato, born December 1, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Saito was born in Saitama on December 1, 1975. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined Japan Football League club Omiya Ardija based in his local in 1998. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. The club was promoted to J2 League from 1999 and J1 League from 2005. Although he played many matches for a long time, he could not play many matches in 2009 and retired end of 2009 season.

Club statistics

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
1998	Omiya Ardija	Football League	15	1	3	0	-		18	1
1999		J2 League	22	0	2	0	1	0	25	0
2000			24	2	3	0	2	0	29	2
2001			31	1	1	0	2	0	34	1
2002			35	3	3	0	-		38	3
2003			36	2	3	0	-		39	2
2004			43	2	3	0	-		46	2
2005		J1 League	21	0	4	0	3	0	28	0
2006			25	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
2007			26	1	0	0	4	0	30	1
2008			22	2	0	0	3	0	25	2
2009			4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
Career total			304	14	23	0	21	0	348	14

References

External links

Masato Saito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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