Masakatsu Sawa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Masakatsu Sawa | ||
| Date of birth | January 12, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | River Plate Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | (1) |
| 2006 | Coronel Bolognesi | 40 | (11) |
| 2007 | Deportivo Municipal | 38 | (10) |
| 2008 | Cienciano | 21 | (3) |
| 2008–2013 | Kashiwa Reysol | 91 | (11) |
| 2014–2017 | Deportivo Municipal | 115 | (21) |
| 2018– | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2018 | |||
Masakatsu Sawa (澤 昌克 Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kashiwa Reysol in the J1 League. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.
Career
On 13 September 2006, he became the first Japanese goalscorer in Copa Sudamericana, scoring 1 goal for Coronel Bolognesi against Chilean club Colo-Colo. After impressive performances for Coronel Bolognesi and Deportivo Municipal, he was offered to play for Peru national team. But he refused the offer because he did not want to lose Japanese nationality.[1] In July 2008, he joined Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol, located near his hometown, Moriya across the prefectural line.
Club statistics
Updated to 22 February 2018.[2][3]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2005 | Sporting Cristal | Primera División | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2006 | Coronel Bolognesi | 40 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 11 | |||||
| 2007 | Deportivo Municipal | 38 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2008 | Cienciano | 21 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2008 | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | J2 League | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2011 | J1 League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | Deportivo Municipal | Segunda División | 30 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 12 | ||||
| 2015 | Primera División | 29 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 5 | |||||
| 2016 | 35 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 4 | ||||||
| 2017 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 310 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 340 | 59 | ||
1Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.
References
- ↑ RPP Noticias - Masakatsu Sawa asegura que le ofrecieron jugar en la selección peruana Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 37 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. 53 out of 266)
External links
- Masakatsu Sawa – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Masakatsu Sawa at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
- FIFA.com - Masakatsu Sawa: Lost in translation