Naoto Sakurai

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Naoto Sakurai
桜井 直人
Personal information
Full name Naoto Sakurai
Date of birth (1975-09-02) September 2, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1991–1993 Omiya Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Urawa Reds 20 (0)
1999–2004 Tokyo Verdy 116 (23)
2005–2008 Omiya Ardija 50 (9)
Total 186 (32)
Medal record
Tokyo Verdy
Winner Emperor's Cup 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Naoto Sakurai (桜井 直人, Sakurai Naoto, born September 2, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career[edit]

Sakurai was born in Saitama on September 2, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club Urawa Reds in 1994. He debuted in 1995 and played several matches every season. However could not play many matches. In 1999, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy). He became a regular player immediately and played many matches as forward good at dribbling for a long time. In 2005, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Omiya Ardija based in his local. Although he played many matches until 2006, he could hardly play in the match from 2007 and he retired end of 2008 season.

Club statistics[edit]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1994 Urawa Reds J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 5 0 0 0 - 5 0
1996 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
1997 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
1998 5 0 1 0 3 1 9 1
1999 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 Verdy Kawasaki J1 League 14 4 2 1 2 0 18 5
2000 17 0 2 1 2 0 21 1
2001 Tokyo Verdy J1 League 21 3 2 0 0 0 23 3
2002 24 4 0 0 6 0 30 4
2003 19 6 3 2 2 0 24 8
2004 21 6 1 1 7 3 29 10
2005 Omiya Ardija J1 League 19 4 3 0 6 0 28 4
2006 21 5 0 0 5 0 26 5
2007 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2008 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Total 186 32 20 5 35 4 241 41

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