Yōsuke Saitō

Yosuke Saito
Personal information
Full name	Yōsuke Saitō
Date of birth	April 7, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Riga FC
Number	99
Youth career
1995–2001	Taishido SC
2001–2003	Yokohama F. Marinos Junior Youth
2004–2006	Yokohama F. Marinos Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2010	Yokohama F. Marinos
2010–2011	Albirex Niigata Singapore
2012	Gulbene
2012	Ventspils
2013	Ufa
2014	Slutsk
2016–	Riga FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2015

Template:Japanese name Yōsuke Saitō (斎藤陽介, Saitō Yōsuke), born April 7, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese football player, currently playing for Riga FC in the Virsliga.

Club career

Latvia

Before the start of the 2012 Latvian Higher League season Saito signed a contract with FB Gulbene. Soon after joining he made a great impact, scoring all of his team's goals in the first round of the championship. All in all he scored 9 goals in 14 matches for Gulbene and was the club's leading scorer. In June 2012 Saito went on trial with the Azerbaijan Premier League club Khazar Lankaran, but he wasn't offered a contract then.^[1] On July 1, 2012 he signed a contract with the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils.^[2] Scoring 6 goals in 17 matches for Ventspils, all in all, Saito became the second top-scorer of the Latvian Higher League in 2012 with 15 goals in 31 matches.

FC Ufa

After the successful season in Ventspils Saito moved to the Russian National Football League club FC Ufa in February 2013.^[3]

External links

Yokohama F-Marinos Official Website

References

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[1] ttp://sportacentrs.com/futbols/07062012-virsligas_rezutativakais_speletajs_dodas_

[2] ttp://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/01072012-oficiali_gulbenes_i_samurajs_i_saito_parc

[3] ttp://www.ventasbalss.lv/news/read/15602

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