Masakatsu Sawa
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Masakatsu Sawa | ||
Date of birth | January 12, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder/Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Municipal | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2001 | Chuo Gakuin High School | ||
2002–2004 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | (1) |
2006 | Coronel Bolognesi | 40 | (11) |
2007 | Deportivo Municipal | 38 | (10) |
2008 | Cienciano | 21 | (3) |
2008–2013 | Kashiwa Reysol | 91 | (11) |
2014- | Deportivo Municipal | 29 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 16, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 26, 2008 |
Masakatsu Sawa (澤昌克, Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Deportivo Municipal in the Primera División Peruana. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.
On 13 September 2006, he became the first Japanese goalscorer in Copa Sudamericana, scoring 1 goal for Coronel Bolognesi against Chilean club Colo-Colo. After impressive performances for Coronel Bolognesi and Deportivo Municipal, he was offered to play for Peru national team. But he refused the offer because he did not want to lose Japanese nationality.[1] In July 2008, he joined Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol, located near his hometown, Moriya across the prefectural line.
Career statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
2005 | Sporting Cristal | Primera División | 5 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
2006 | Coronel Bolognesi | 40 | 11 | – | – | 40 | 11 | |||
2007 | Deportivo Municipal | 38 | 10 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
2008 | Cienciano | 21 | 3 | – | 6 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
Country | Peru | 104 | 25 | – | 6 | 0 | 110 | 25 | ||
2008 | Kashiwa Reysol | J. League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
2010 | J. League 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
2011 | J. League 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
Country | Japan | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 |
References
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Ibaraki Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Coronel Bolognesi footballers
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Cienciano footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Kashiwa Reysol players
- Japanese football forward stubs