Yōsuke Saitō
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yōsuke Saitō | ||
| Date of birth | April 7, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | (0) |
| 2010 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | (4) |
| 2011 | Albirex Niigata Singapore | 26 | (8) |
| 2012 | Gulbene | 14 | (9) |
| 2012 | Ventspils | 17 | (6) |
| 2013 | Ufa | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | Slutsk | 17 | (7) |
| 2016 | Riga FC | 15 | (5) |
| 2017 | Essendon Royals | 7 | (3) |
| 2017 | Sunshine George Cross | 10 | (3) |
| 2018 | Viljandi Tulevik | 9 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2018 | |||
Yosuke Saito (斎藤 陽介, Saitō Yōsuke, born April 7, 1988) is a Japanese former football player who last played for Estonian Meistriliiga club Viljandi Tulevik.
Club career
[edit]Latvia
[edit]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
[edit]After the successful season in Ventspils Saito moved to the Russian National Football League club FC Ufa in February 2013.[3]
Viljandi Tulevik
[edit]On 23 February 2018, Saitō signed a contract with Estonian Meistriliiga club Viljandi Tulevik.[4] On 1 May 2018 he left the club due to family reasons.[5]
Club statistics
[edit]| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2007 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Football League | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 4 | |
| Total | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Virslīgas rezultatīvākais futbolists Saito pamet "Gulbeni"". Sportacentrs.com. June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Oficiāli: "Gulbenes" samurajs Saito pārceļas uz "Ventspili" – Virslīga – Futbols – Sportacentrs.com". Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Ziņas". www.ventasbalss.lv.
- ^ "Tulevikuga liitunud jaapanlane: paganama külm on siin, aga olen Venemaal ja Lätis mängides sellega harjunud". soccernet.ee. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Šokk: Tuleviku jaapanlane katkestas lepingu ja lõpetab profikarjääri". soccernet.ee. May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
- ^ "斎藤陽介 Saito Yosuke". fuoriclasse2.com.
External links
[edit]- Yōsuke Saitō at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Yokohama F. Marinos Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived June 9, 2009)
- Yōsuke Saitō at Soccerway
- Yōsuke Saitō at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Japanese men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- J1 League players
- Japan Football League players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Meistriliiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Zweigen Kanazawa players
- Albirex Niigata Singapore F.C. players
- FB Gulbene players
- FK Ventspils players
- FC Ufa players
- FC Slutsk players
- Riga FC players
- Caroline Springs George Cross FC players
- Viljandi JK Tulevik players
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football forward, 1980s birth stubs