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Japanese footballer and manager
Toshihide Saito
斉藤 俊秀
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-04-20) April 20, 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1989–1991 Shimizu Higashi High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2006 Shimizu S-Pulse 244 (16)
2007–2008 Shonan Bellmare 84 (4)
2009–2013 Fujieda MYFC 57 (6)
Total 385 (26)
International career
1996–1999 Japan 17 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2013 Fujieda MYFC (player/manager)
2014–2017 Japan U17 (assistant coach)
2018– Japan (assistant coach)
Medal record
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-up J1 League 1999
Winner J.League Cup 1996
Winner Emperor's Cup 2001
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1998
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2000
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2005
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toshihide Saito (斉藤 俊秀, Saitō Toshihide, born April 20, 1973) is a Japanese former football player and manager. He currently works as an assistant coach for the Japan national team.

Club career

Saito was born in Shizuoka on April 20, 1973. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined his local club Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996. He played as regular player from first season. At 1996 J.League Cup, the club won the champions and he was selected New Hero awards. End of 1996 season, he was also selected J.League Rookie of the Year awards. The club also won the 2nd place at 1998 Emperor's Cup and 1999 J1 League, he was also selected Best Eleven in 1999. In 2000s, the club won 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and 2001 Emperor's Cup. In 2006, he moved to J2 League club Shonan Bellmare and played in two seasons. In 2009, he was appointed playing manager of Prefectural Leagues side Fujieda MYFC. After promotion to the Japan Football League in 2011 and acceptance into J3 League for the 2014 season, Saito decided to leave the club.

International career

Saito was capped 17 times for the Japan national team between 1996 and 1999. His first international appearance came on August 25, 1996, in a friendly against Uruguay at Osaka Nagai Stadium. He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also played at 1999 Copa América.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse 1996 J1 League 29 2 3 0 16 0 48 2
1997 22 2 3 0 0 0 25 2
1998 33 0 5 0 1 0 39 0
1999 28 3 3 0 4 0 35 3
2000 28 3 5 0 6 0 39 3
2001 20 1 0 0 2 0 22 1
2002 20 1 2 0 1 0 23 1
2003 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 26 3 1 0 6 0 33 3
2005 28 0 0 0 7 1 35 1
2006 8 1 0 0 3 0 11 1
Shonan Bellmare 2007 J2 League 46 4 2 0 — 48 4
2008 38 0 1 0 — 39 0
Fujieda MYFC 2009 Prefectural Leagues 11 3 — — 11 3
2010 Regional Leagues 15 2 — — 15 2
2011 5 0 — — 5 0
2012 Football League 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
2013 15 1 1 0 — 16 1
Career total 385 26 28 0 46 1 459 27

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1996 2 0
1997 7 0
1998 4 0
1999 4 0
Total 17 0

Honors


Individual

References

  1. Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC
  2. Fujieda club history Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC Archived 2013-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Japan National Football Team Database

External links

Awards for Toshihide Saito
J.League Rookie of the Year
1999 J.League Team of the Year
Japan squads
Japan squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup
Japan
Japan squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
Japan
Japan squad – 1999 Copa América
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Fujieda MYFC – managers


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