Kentaro Sawada

Kentaro Sawada
Personal information
Full name	Kentaro Sawada
Date of birth	May 15, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1986–1988	Fujisawa Nishi High School
1989–1992	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1998	Kashiwa Reysol
1999–2003	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Total
National team
1995–1996	Japan
Honours
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kentaro Sawada (沢田謙太郎, Sawada Kentaro, born May 15, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Sawada was born in Kamakura on May 15, 1970. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Japan Football League club Kashiwa Reysol in 1993. He played as right-midfielder and right side-back. The club won the 2nd place in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. He moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1999. He retired end of 2003 season.

On September 20, 1995, Sawada debuted for the Japan national team against Paraguay. He also played in 1996. He played four games for Japan until 1996.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1993	Kashiwa Reysol	Football League	12	2	1	0	6	0	19	2
1994		Football League	30	3	0	0	1	0	31	3
1995		J1 League	43	0	2	0	-		45	0
1996			23	1	2	0	4	0	29	1
1997			30	0	3	0	8	0	41	0
1998			30	1	2	0	4	0	36	1
1999	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	29	3	4	0	4	1	37	4
2000			30	3	2	0	1	0	33	3
2001			24	0	2	0	5	0	31	0
2002			26	2	1	0	5	0	32	2
2003		J2 League	2	0	0	0	-		2	0
Country	Japan		279	15	19	0	38	1	236	16
Total			279	15	19	0	38	1	236	16