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Daisuke Sakata Personal information Full name Daisuke Sakata Date of birth January 16, 1983 Place of birth Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Japan Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club F.C. Tokyo Number 38 Youth career Yokohama Flugels 1999-2000 Yokohama F. Marinos Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2010 Yokohama F. Marinos 247 (79) 2011 Aris FC 6 (0) National team‡ 2006 Japan 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 February 2011Daisuke Sakata (坂田 大輔 Sakata Daisuke, born January 16, 1983 in Kōnan-ku, Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player who currently playing for F.C. Tokyo in the J. League. He is an agile forward and can use both feet.
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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 F.C. 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 Kashiwa no Ha Park Stadium.
He was a member of the Japan team for the 2002 AFC Youth Championship in Qatar. The team finished runners-up and was qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
At the World Youth Championship hosted by United Arab Emirates, he scored 4 goals in the tournament including the winner against England at the group stage and became one of the top scorers along with Fernando Cavenaghi (Argentine), Dudu (Brazil) and Eddie Johnson (U.S.A.). 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 National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo when he replaced Alex in the 86th minute.
Sakata joined Greek Superleage side Aris FC in 2011 after ten years at Yokohama F. Marinos.
Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total 2001 Yokohama F. Marinos J. League Division 1 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 Career total 247 46 18 8 52 8 6 2 323 64 Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2006 1 0 Total 1 0 Honors and awards
Team Honors
- Yokohama F. Marinos
- J. League: 2003, 2004
- J. League Cup: 2001
- Japanese Super Cup: 2004, 2005
Personal Awards
- 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship: Silver Shoe
- J. League Fair Play Player Award: 2007
Personal life
He married actress and TV Tarento Sayaka Fukuoka in February 2009．
External links
F.C. Tokyo – current squad 1 Shiota · 2 Tokunaga · 3 Morishige · 4 Takahashi · 6 Konno · 7 Yonemoto · 8 Matsushita · 9 Roberto Cesar · 10 Kajiyama · 11 Suzuki · 13 Hirayama · 14 Nakamura · 15 Hiramatsu · 16 Roberto · 17 Nagasato · 18 Ishikawa · 20 Gonda · 21 Hironaga · 22 Hanyu · 26 Abe · 27 Tanabe · 29 Yoshimoto · 30 Takamatsu · 31 Tokizawa · 32 Uesato · 33 Mukuhara · 34 Nagira · 35 Shimoda · 36 North · 38 Sakata · 39 Yazawa · 49 Lucas · Manager: Okuma
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yokohama
- Japanese footballers
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- J. League players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- F.C. Tokyo players
- Superleague Greece players
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Japan international footballers
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