Minori Sato

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Minori Sato
Personal information
Full name Minori Sato
Date of birth (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Gunma, Japan
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 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
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
Ventspils
Skonto FC

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ "Ventspils" paraksta līgumus ar japāņiem Sato un Šibamuru (in Latvian) Sportacentrs.com
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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