Toshihide Saito

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Toshihide Saito
Personal information
Full name Toshihide Saito
Date of birth (1973-04-20) April 20, 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1989–1991 Shimizu Higashi High School
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 56 (6)
International career
1996–1999[1] Japan 17 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2013 Fujieda MYFC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2008

Toshihide Saito (斉藤 俊秀 Saitō Toshihide?, born 20 April 1973 in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) manager and former player. He was the player/manager of Japan Football League club Fujieda MYFC.[2] before leaving the club at the end of the 2013 season.

Career

He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and Waseda University. After graduating, he joined J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996. He received J-League Young Player of the Year that season.[3] He's been a long serving Shimizu player but is currently on loan to Division 2 side Shonan Bellmare for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

Fujieda MYFC

In 2009, Saito was appointed player/manager of Japan regional leagues side Fujieda MYFC.[4] After promotion to the Japan Football League in 2011[5] and acceptance into J. League Division 3 for the 2014 season, Saito decided to leave the club.[6]

International career

He was capped 17 times for the Japanese national team between 1996 and 1999.[1] His first international appearance came on August 25, 1996 in a friendly against Uruguay at Nagai Stadium in Osaka.[1] He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Club career statistics

As of 30 November 2013
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1996 Shimizu S-Pulse J. League 1 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
2007 Shonan Bellmare J. League 2 46 4 2 0 - 48 4
2008 38 0 1 0 - 39 0
2009 Fujieda MYFC Prefectural Leagues 11 3 - - 11 3
2010 Regional Leagues 15 2 - - 15 2
2011 4 0 - - 4 0
2012 JFL 11 0 0 0 - 11 0
2013 JFL 15 1 1 0 - 16 1
Country Japan 384 26 28 0 46 1 458 27
Total 384 26 28 0 46 1 458 27

National team

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1996 2 0
1997 7 0
1998 4 0
1999 4 0
Total 17 0

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

References

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  2. Fujieda MYFC Squad
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  4. Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC
  5. Fujieda club history
  6. Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC

External links

  • Toshihide Saito at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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