Minori Sato
| 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 | |||
Minori Sato (佐藤 穣, Satō Minori, born 2 March 1991) is a Japanese former football player.
Club career
[edit]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]
As of 2023, he played for FC Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan.[10]
Club statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 23 November 2019[11]
| 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[12] | 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
[edit]Club
[edit]- Gulbene 2005
- Ventspils
- Skonto FC
References
[edit]- ^ "Players 4 year signing contract". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama". sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Статистика всех легионеров ташкентского "Бунёдкора"". Olamsport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Minori Sato at Soccerway
- ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Minori Sato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Minori Sato at Soccerway
- Minori Sato – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Gunma Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- J2 League players
- K League 2 players
- USL League Two players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Uzbekistan Super League players
- Thespa Gunma players
- Indiana Invaders players
- Club Puebla players
- FB Gulbene players
- FK Ventspils players
- Skonto FC players
- FC Dynamo Brest players
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Muaither SC players
- Riga FC players
- Gwangju FC players
- FC SKA-Khabarovsk players