Masakatsu Sawa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Masakatsu Sawa | ||
Date of birth | January 12, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Municipal | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
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 | ||
Total | 195 | (36) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2015 |
Masakatsu Sawa (澤 昌克, Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal in the Primera División Peruana. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.
Career
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.
Club 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 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
2010 | J2 League | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
2011 | J1 League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
Country | Japan | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 |
References
External links
- Player statistics at J.League Data Site Template:Ja
- FIFA.com - Masakatsu Sawa: Lost in translation
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Coronel Bolognesi footballers
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Cienciano footballers
- Kashiwa Reysol players
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Japanese football midfielder stubs