Koki Saito
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| Full name | Koki Saito[1] | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team |
Sparta (on loan from Lommel) | ||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Inukura SC | |||||||||||||
| Yokohama FC | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Yokohama FC | 63 | (9) | ||||||||||
| 2021– | Lommel | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||
| 2022– | → Sparta (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Japan U16 | 7 | (7) | ||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Japan U17 | 8 | (9) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U19 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:39, 26 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 4 June 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Koki Saito (斉藤 光毅, Saitō Kōki, born 10 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta on loan from Belgian club Lommel.
Club career
After impressive performances with the Japan U-17 team, Koki Saito debuted on 21 July 2018 in a league match against FC Gifu.[2] On his debut, Saito even had the chance to share the field with Kazuyoshi Miura, who is 34 years his senior.[3]
In January 2021, he joined Belgian First Division B side Lommel.[4] In summer 2022 he was loaned to Eredivisie side Sparta.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yokohama FC | 2018 | J2 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29 | 6 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2020 | J1 League | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| Career total | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
- ^ Appearances in the J.League Cup
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "横浜FCユースFW斉藤光毅選手 U-18（FIFA U-20ワールドカップ2019）日本代表ポルトガル遠征 「第24回U18リスボン国際トーナメント」 選出のお知らせ | 横浜FCオフィシャルホームページ". www.yokohamafc.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018.
- ^ "51歳カズが16歳斉藤と２トップ 縦パスで見せ場 - Ｊ２ : 日刊スポーツ".
- ^ "Welkom Koki Saito!" (in Dutch). Lommel S.K. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ SPARTA HUURT JAPANS JEUGDINTERNATIONAL SAITO - Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 193 out of 289)
- ^ Koki Saito at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
External links
- {{J.League player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- Profile at J. League
- Profile at Yokohama FC
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