Minori Sato
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Minori Sato | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Gunma, Japan | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Bunyodkor | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Maebashi Ikuei High School | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Thespa Kusatsu | 22 | (0) |
2010 | Indiana Invaders | 10 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Puebla | 1 | (0) |
2010 | → Gulbene-2005 (loan) | 7 | (10) |
2011 | Ventspils | 12 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Skonto Riga | 40 | (4) |
2013 | Dinamo Brest | 25 | (2) |
2014– | Bunyodkor | 53 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2009-2010 | Japan U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 March 2014 |
Minori Sato (佐藤 穣 Satō Minori?, born March 2, 1991) is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for FC Bunyodkor in the Uzbek League.
Career
Sato started his professional career in the J. League Division 2. 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 managed to win 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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 April 2016[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Thespa Kusatsu | 2009 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 0 | ||
Indiana Invaders | 2010 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | |||
FB Gulbene 2005 (loan) | 2010 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 11 | ||
FK Ventspils | 2011 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Skonto Riga | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 3 | |||
2012 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 0 | ||
Dinamo Brest | 2013 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 0 | ||
Bunyodkor | 2014 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 1 | |
2015 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 40 | 4 | ||
2016 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 10 | 1 | ||
Career total | 160 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 21 |
1Includes Emperor's Cup, Latvian Football Cup and Uzbekistan Cup
2Includes UEFA Europa League and AFC Champions League
3Includes Baltic League.
Awards and honours
Club
- Gulbene 2005
- Latvian First League (1): 2010
- Ventspils
- Skonto FC
References
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- ↑ "Ventspils" paraksta līgumus ar japāņiem Sato un Šibamuru (in Latvian) Sportacentrs.com
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- Living people
- People from Gunma Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Thespa Kusatsu players
- Indiana Invaders players
- Puebla F.C. players
- FB Gulbene players
- FK Ventspils players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Japanese expatriates in Latvia
- Premier Development League players
- Skonto FC players
- FC Dinamo Brest players
- Expatriate footballers in Belarus
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan