Daisuke Sakata
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daisuke Sakata | ||
Date of birth | January 16, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | 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) | |
National team | |||
2003 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (4) |
2006 | Japan | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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
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. He opted to retire in 2018.[2]
National team career
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
Sakata married actress and TV Tarento Sayaka Fukuoka in February 2009.
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | 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 | League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
2011 | FC Tokyo | J2 League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 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 | 23 | 8 | 57 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 544 | 95 | |
Greece | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 464 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 57 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 550 | 95 |
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honors and awards
Team honors
- Yokohama F. Marinos
- J1 League: 2003, 2004
- J.League Cup: 2001
- Japanese Super Cup: 2004, 2005
Personal awards
- 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship: Silver Shoe
- J1 League Fair Play Player Award: 2007
References
- ↑ "Daisuke Sakata signs for ARIS FC". Aris Thessaloniki. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Avispa Fukuoka
- 1 2 Japan National Football Team Database
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 163 out of 289)
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 236 out of 266)
External links
- Daisuke Sakata – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Daisuke Sakata at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Daisuke Sakata at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Avispa Fukuoka
- Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos (in Japanese)