Sho Sasaki

Japanese association football player

Sho Sasaki (佐々木 翔, Sasaki Sho, born October 2, 1989) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Sho Sasaki
Personal information
Full name Sho Sasaki
Date of birth (1989-10-02) October 2, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Youth career
2005–2007 Shiroyama High School
2008–2011 Kanagawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ventforet Kofu 102 (8)
2015– Sanfrecce Hiroshima 123 (5)
National team
2018–2019 Japan 9 (0)
Honours
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Winner J1 League 2015
Runner-up J1 League 2018
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 United Arab Emirates
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Biography

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Sasaki was born in Zama on October 2, 1989. After graduating from Kanagawa University, he joined J2 League club Ventforet Kofu in 2012. He played many matches as left side back from first season. Ventforet also was promoted to J1 League end of the 2012 season. In 2015, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He played many matches and Sanfrecce won the J1 champions in 2015. Although he could hardly play in the match for injury in 2016 and 2017, He became a regular player from 2018.

On September 11, 2018, Sasaki debuted for the Japan national team against Costa Rica. In 2019, he played at 2019 Asian Cup and Japan won the 2nd place. He played 9 games for Japan until 2019.

Statistics

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Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AsiaTotal
2012 Ventforet Kofu J2 League 35 2 0 0 - - 35 2
2013 J1 League 33 3 4 0 4 0 - 41 3
2014 34 3 3 0 6 0 - 43 3
2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 22 0 4 0 6 1 - 32 1
2016 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2018 34 3 2 0 0 0 - 36 3
2019 31 1 1 0 2 0 5 2 39 3
2020 32 1 - 1 0 - 33 1
2021
Country Japan 225 13 14 0 19 1 6 2 264 16
Total 225 13 14 0 19 1 6 2 264 16

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2018 3 0
2019 6 0
Total 9 0

References

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  1. Sho Sasaki at National-Football-Teams.com  
  2. Sho Sasaki at J.League (in Japanese)  
  3. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

Other websites

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