- Hisato Satō
Football player infobox| playername= Hisato Satō
fullname = Hisato Satō
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|3|12
cityofbirth = Kasukabe, Saitama
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|ft=5|in=7
currentclub =Sanfrecce Hiroshima
position = forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000-2001
2002
2003-2004
2005-
clubs =JEF United Ichihara Chiba Cerezo Osaka Vegalta Sendai Sanfrecce Hiroshima
caps(goals) = 022 00(2)
013 00(2)
074 0(29)
128 0(64)
nationalyears = 2000-2001
2006-
nationalteam = Japan U-20
Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 008 00(5)
023 00(3)
pcupdate = August 28, 2008
ntupdate = October 11, 2008nihongo|Hisato Satō|佐藤 寿人|Satō Hisato|extra=bornMarch 12 ,1982 is a Japanese footballer who currently plays forSanfrecce Hiroshima in theJ. League . He is a left-footed forward.Playing career
Sato is a product of JEF United Ichiahra's youth system. He was promoted to JEF's top team in 2000. His first league appearance came on
April 15 ,2000 againstJubilo Iwata . He scored his first league goal onMarch 21 ,2001 againstJubilo Iwata .Frustrated with the lack of play, he decided to move to division 2 side
Cerezo Osaka in 2002. Cerezo's coach Akihiro Nishimura rated him highly as Sato had played for Japan's youth team in the previous year which was also managed by Nishimura. However, he suffered fromGuillain-Barré syndrome at the beginning of the season, and found himself playing not many games withAkinori Nishizawa andYoshito Okubo ahead of him in the pecking order. The club finished 2nd and was promoted to Division 1.Sato was loaned out to fellow J1 side
Vegalta Sendai in the 2003 season. He finally became a first-choice forward playing 30 games with 9 goals. Despite his efforts, Sendai was relegated to J2. His loan contract became a permanent one and he played 44 league games with 20 goals for Sendai in the 2005 season but failed to navigate the club to J1.He was transferred to J1 side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 2005 season. He recorded a hat trick twice and scored 18 goals in the season.
Sato made his international debut for Japan on
February 11 ,2006 in a friendly against the United States. He scored his first international goal onFebruary 22 ,2006 in anAsian Cup qualifier against India. In the run-up to the World Cup, he was regularly picked for the Japan national team, but left out of the final squad by national coachZico .Sato was a member of the Japan team for the
2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played four games in the tournament all as a substitute.He is the record holder of the fastest goal in J. League. He scored for Hiroshima after 8 seconds from the kick-off on
April 22 ,2006 againstCerezo Osaka .His twin brother Yuto is also a professional footballer who plays for
Kyoto Sanga and was capped once.Honors and awards
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J-League Best Eleven: 2005International Goals
External links
*ja icon [http://www.hisato-sato.net/game/ Official web site]
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