Minori Sato
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Minori Sato | ||
| Date of birth | March 2, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Gunma, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gwangju | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Maebashi Ikuei High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Thespa Kusatsu | 21 | (0) |
| 2010 | Indiana Invaders | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Puebla | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Gulbene (loan) | 7 | (10) |
| 2011 | Ventspils | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Skonto | 36 | (4) |
| 2013 | Dinamo Brest | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Bunyodkor | 71 | (10) |
| 2017 | Muaither | 12 | (2) |
| 2017 | Riga | 10 | (0) |
| 2018– | Gwangju | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2017 | |||
Minori Sato (佐藤 穣, Satō Minori, born March 2, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Gwangju FC.
Career
Sato started his professional career in the J2 League. In 2010,[1] after a trial with the Primera División de México club Puebla FC, he signed a 4-year contract. The same year he was sent on loan to FB Gulbene, that time playing in the Latvian First League, in order to gain experience before joining Puebla FC back from loan. He scored 10 goals in 7 games there, attracting interest from other Latvian clubs. In March, 2011 he signed a contract with Virsliga club FK Ventspils for one season. He won the Latvian Cup with the team, beating Liepājas Metalurgs in the final.[2] He played 12 matches there, without scoring any goals before being transferred to another Latvian Higher League team Skonto Riga in August 2011. Sato played 38 league matches, scoring 3 goals for Skonto during 2 seasons in the Latvian Higher League with the club. In March 2013 he was transferred to the Belarusian Premier League club Dinamo Brest.[3]
In March 2014 Sato signed a two-year contract with FC Bunyodkor in the Uzbek League,[4][5][6] and upon making his debut became Bunyodkor's 25th foreign representative.[7]
In January 2018, Sato signed Gwangju FC.[8]
Club statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 November 2016[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Thespa Kusatsu[10] | 2009 | J2 League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| Gulbene-2005 (loan) | 2010 | Latvian First League | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | 11 | |||
| Ventspils | 2011 | Latvian Higher League | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Skonto | 2011 | Latvian Higher League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 4 | ||
| Dinamo Brest | 2013 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| Bunyodkor | 2014 | Uzbek League | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | - | 40 | 4 | ||||
| 2016 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | - | 39 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 71 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 175 | 23 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 26 | ||
3Includes Baltic League.
Awards and honours
Club
- Gulbene 2005
- Latvian First League (1): 2010
- Ventspils
- Skonto FC
References
- ^ "Players 4 year signing contract". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ventspils" paraksta līgumus ar japāņiem Sato un Šibamuru Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Latvian) Sportacentrs.com
- ^ "All about Skonto FC".
- ^ "Бунёдкор" подписал японца. Championat.asia (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
- ^ О Экс-игрок брестского "Динамо" Минори Сато подписал контракт с чемпионами Узбекистана. Прессбол (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
- ^ "Bunyodkor sign contract with Minori Sato". UZdaily. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Sato Minori is 25-foreigner". FC Bunyodkor. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ 광주FC, 일본 MF 미노리 사토 영입
- ^ "Japan - M. Sato - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ J.League Data SiteTemplate:Ja
External links
- Minori Sato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Minori Sato at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Gunma Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Expatriate footballers in South Korea
- Japanese expatriates in Latvia
- J2 League players
- K League 2 players
- USL League Two players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Thespakusatsu Gunma players
- Indiana Invaders players
- Puebla F.C. players
- FB Gulbene players
- FK Ventspils players
- Skonto FC players
- FC Dinamo Brest players
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Muaither SC players
- Riga FC players
- Gwangju FC players