Tatsuya Sakai

Japanese association football player

Tatsuya Sakai (坂井 達弥, Sakai Tatsuya, born November 19, 1990) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Tatsuya Sakai
坂井 達弥
Personal information
Full nameTatsuya Sakai
Date of birth (1990-11-19) 19 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birthFukuoka, Japan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)Centre back
Youth career
2009–2012National Institute of Fitness
and Sports in Kanoya
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017Sagan Tosu25(0)
2015→ Matsumoto Yamaga (loan)3(0)
2016V-Varen Nagasaki (loan)12(0)
2017Oita Trinita (loan)4(0)
2018–2020Montedio Yamagata7(0)
2020–2021Samut Prakan City6(0)
2020–2021→ Navy (loan)16(2)
2021–2022Navy22(0)
National team
2014Japan1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2022

Biography

Sakai was born in Fukuoka on November 19, 1990. When he played for National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, he also joined J1 League club Sagan Tosu in 2012. He also played for Matsumoto Yamaga FC (2015), V-Varen Nagasaki (2016) and Oita Trinita (2017) on loan. In 2018, he moved to Montedio Yamagata and played for the club for two seasons. In 2020, he moved to Thai League 1 club Samut Prakan City.

On September 5, 2014, Sakai debuted for the Japan national team against Uruguay.

Statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeagueEmperor's CupJ. League CupTotal
2009Kanoya Taiiku Daigaku--30-30
2010--20-20
2012Sagan TosuJ1 League20-4060
20131403040210
2014901030130
2015Matsumoto Yamaga30004272
Sagan Tosu00000000
2016001010
V-Varen NagasakiJ2 League12020140
2017Oita Trinita402060
2018Montedio Yamagata503282
Total490162162814

National team statistics

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201410
Total10

References

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