Minori Sato
Minori Sato (佐藤 穣, Satō Minori, born 2 March 1991) is a Japanese former football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Minori Sato | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Gunma, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Maebashi Ikuei High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Thespa Kusatsu | 21 | (0) |
| 2010 | Indiana Invaders | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Puebla | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Gulbene (loan) | 7 | (10) |
| 2011 | Ventspils | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Skonto | 36 | (4) |
| 2013 | Dinamo Brest | 27 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Bunyodkor | 71 | (10) |
| 2017 | Muaither | 12 | (2) |
| 2017 | Riga | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Gwangju | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Riga | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2020 | |||
Club career
Sato started his professional career in the J2 League. 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 won 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]
In January 2018, Sato signed Gwangju FC.[8]
On 27 August 2019, he signed with Russian Football National League side SKA-Khabarovsk.[9]
Club statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 November 2019[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Thespa Kusatsu[11] | 2009 | J2 League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| Gulbene-2005 (loan) | 2010 | Latvian First League | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | 11 | |||
| Ventspils | 2011 | Latvian Higher League | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Skonto | 2011 | Latvian Higher League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 4 | ||
| Dinamo Brest | 2013 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| Bunyodkor | 2014 | Uzbek League | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | - | 40 | 4 | ||||
| 2016 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | - | 39 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 71 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 11 | ||
| Muaither | 2016–17 | Qatar Stars League | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riga | 2017 | Latvian Higher League | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Gwangju | 2018 | K League 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Riga | 2019 | Latvian Higher League | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 2019–20 | FNL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 230 | 23 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 26 | ||
3Includes Baltic League.
Awards and honours
Club
- Gulbene 2005
- Ventspils
- Skonto FC
References
- "Players 4 year signing contract". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- "Ventspils" paraksta līgumus ar japāņiem Sato un Šibamuru Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Latvian) Sportacentrs.com
- "All about Skonto FC".
- "Бунёдкор" подписал японца. Championat.asia (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
- О Экс-игрок брестского "Динамо" Минори Сато подписал контракт с чемпионами Узбекистана. Прессбол (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
- "Bunyodkor sign contract with Minori Sato". UZdaily. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Sato Minori is 25-foreigner". FC Bunyodkor. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- "광주FC, 일본 MF 미노리 사토 영입". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- "СОСТАВ АРМЕЙЦЕВ ПОПОЛНИЛ ПОЛУЗАЩИТНИК ИЗ ЯПОНИИ" [Army side joined by Japanese midfielder] (in Russian). FC SKA-Khabarovsk. 27 August 2019.
- Minori Sato at Soccerway
- J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
External links
- Minori Sato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Minori Sato at Soccerway
- Minori Sato – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)