Toshihide Saito

Football player infobox
playername = Toshihide Saito


fullname = Toshihide Saito
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|4|20
cityofbirth = Shimizu, Shizuoka
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.82
currentclub = Shonan Bellmare
youthyears = 1989-1991
1992-1995
youthclubs = Shimizu Higashi High School
Waseda University
position = Defender
years = 1996-2006
2007-present
clubs = Shimizu S-Pulse
Shonan Bellmare
caps(goals) = 244 0(16)
062 00(4)
nationalyears = 1996-1999
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 017 00(0)
pcupdate = 31 May 2008
ntupdate = 31 May 2008nihongo|Toshihide Saito|斉藤 俊秀|Saitō Toshihide|born 20 April 1973 in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan is a Japanese football (soccer) defender.

He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and Waseda University. After graduating, he joined J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996. He received J-League Young Player of the Year that season. He's been a long serving Shimizu player but is currently on loan to Division 2 side Shonan Bellmare for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

He was capped 18 times for the Japanese national team between 1996 and 1999. His first international appearance came on August 25, 1996 in a friendly against Uruguay at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Clubs

* 1996-2006: flagicon|Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
* 2007-present: flagicon|Japan Shonan Bellmare (loan)

National team

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Honors and awards

Individual Honors

* J-League Young Player of the Year: 1996
* J-League Best Eleven: 1999

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=11737 Career history] at National Football Teams