Yuji Sakakura

Football player infobox| playername= Yuji Sakakura
fullname = Yuji Sakakura
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|6|7
cityofbirth = Yokkaichi, Mie
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.78
position = Defender
youthyears = 1983-1985
1986-1989
youthclubs = Yokkaichi Chuo Industrial High School
Juntendo University
years = 1990-1994
1995
1996-1997
1998
clubs = Furukawa Electric/JEF United Ichihara
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Brummell Sendai
Mind House TC
caps(goals) = 065 00(1)
018 00(0)
052 00(0)
nationalyears = 1990-1991
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 006 00(0)
manageryears = 2001
managerclubs = Yokohama FC (caretaker manager)nihongo|Yuji Sakakura|阪倉 裕二|Yūji Sakakura|born June 7, 1967 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan is a retired Japanese football (soccer) player. He was a defender.

He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chuo Industrial High School and Juntendo University. After finishing the university, he joined Japan Soccer League side Furuawa Electric S.C. (current JEF United Ichihara Chiba). He moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1995, then Japan Football League side Brummell Sendai (current Vegalta Sendai) in 1996. He finished his playing career in 1998 at his home town club Mind House TC, a Tokai Regional League side, after playing for them for one season.

He was capped 6 times without scoring for the Japanese national team between 1990 and 1992.His first full international cap came on July 27, 1990 in a Dynasty Cup match against Korea in Beijing. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup but did not play in the tournament.

He was a coach at Yokohama FC between 1999 and 2004. He briefly served as caretaker manager at the club after Yoshikazu Nagai was sacked in 2001. He coached Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s U-18 team from 2005 to 2007. He is now a coach at Tochigi S.C.. (As of June 2008)

Clubs

* 1990-1994: flagicon|Japan Furukawa Electric/JEF United Ichihara
* 1995: flagicon|Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
* 1996-1997: flagicon|Japan Brummell Sendai
* 1998: flagicon|Japan Mind House TC

Honors and awards

Team Honors

* (Champions)