Yukihiko Sato
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| Full name | Yukihiko Sato | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 11, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Shimizu Commercial High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Montedio Yamagata | 29 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | FC Tokyo | 104 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 43 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Kashiwa Reysol | 41 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Vegalta Sendai | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 103 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 361 | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yukihiko Sato (佐藤 由紀彦, Satō Yukihiko, born May 11, 1976) is a former Japanese football player and he is the currently assistant coach J1 League club of FC Tokyo.
Playing career
Sato was born in
Japan Football League club Montedio Yamagata. He played as regular player and was elected Rookie of the Year awards. In 1999, he moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, FC Tokyo. He played as right side midfielder and the club was promoted to J1 League from 2000. He also was elected New Hero Award at 1999 J.League Cup. Although he played as regular player until 2001, his opportunity to play decreased behind Naohiro Ishikawa. In 2003, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos. He played many matches as right side midfielder and the club won the champions for 2 years in a row (2003–2004). However his opportunity to play decreased behind Hayuma Tanaka in late 2004. In 2005, he moved to his first club Shimizu S-Pulse. However he could not play many matches and he moved to J2 club Kashiwa Reysol in June 2006. He played many matches and the club was promoted to J1 from 2007. In 2008, he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai and played in 1 season. In 2009, he move to Japan Football League club V-Varen Nagasaki
and played as regular player. In 2012, although his opportunity to play decreased, the club won the champions and was promoted to J2 from 2013. He retired end of 2014 season at the age of 38.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 1995 | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | Montedio Yamagata | Football League |
29 | 14 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 33 | 17 | ||
| 1999 | FC Tokyo | J2 League | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | 46 | 10 | |
| 2000 | J1 League | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2001 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2002 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | 37 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 League | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 13 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | Kashiwa Reysol | J2 League | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2007 | J1 League | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Football League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 28 | 7 | ||||
| 2011 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2012 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | J2 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 361 | 51 | 24 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 423 | 63 | ||
References
- ISBN 978-4905411109(p. 179 out of 290)
- ^ Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
External links
- Yukihiko Sato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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