Masakatsu Sawa

Masakatsu Sawa
澤昌克
Personal information
Full name	Masakatsu Sawa
Date of birth	January 12, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kashiwa Reysol
Number	30
Youth career
2002–2004	River Plate Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005	Sporting Cristal
2006	Coronel Bolognesi
2007	Deportivo Municipal
2008	Cienciano
2008–2013	Kashiwa Reysol
2014–2017	Deportivo Municipal
2018–	Kashiwa Reysol
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2018

Masakatsu Sawa (澤昌克, Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kashiwa Reysol in the J1 League. 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.

Updated to 22 February 2018.^[2]^[3]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	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
2008	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
2009		J1 League	9	0	1	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
2010		J2 League	26	2	1	0	–		–		–		27	2
2011		J1 League	23	2	1	0	0	0	–		2	0	26	2
2012			26	6	6	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	26	2
2013			7	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	–		13	1
2014	Deportivo Municipal	Segunda División	30	12	–		–		–		–		30	12
2015		Primera División	29	5	–		–		–		–		29	5
2016			35	4	–		–		–		–		35	4
2017			21	0	–		–		–		–		21	0
Total			310	57	11	2	5	0	11	0	3	0	340	59

^ RPP Noticias - Masakatsu Sawa asegura que le ofrecieron jugar en la selección peruana Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 37 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 53 out of 266)

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