Minori Sato

Minori Sato (佐藤 穣, Satō Minori, born 2 March 1991) is a Japanese football player.

Minori Sato
Personal information
Full name Minori Sato
Date of birth (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991
Place of birth Gunma, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2020

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Thespa Kusatsu[11] 2009 J2 League 21010–––220
Gulbene-2005 (loan) 2010 Latvian First League 71011–––811
Ventspils 2011 Latvian Higher League 12030–1030190
Skonto 2011 Latvian Higher League 13300–00–133
2012 23031–00–261
Total 36331--00--394
Dinamo Brest 2013 Belarusian Premier League 27030–––300
Bunyodkor 2014 Uzbek League 15140-0000191
2015 28450-70-404
2016 27561-60-396
Total 7110151--130009911
Muaither 2016–17 Qatar Stars League 12200––0000
Riga 2017 Latvian Higher League 10040–––140
Gwangju 2018 K League 2 12000–––120
Riga 2019 Latvian Higher League 10110–00–111
SKA-Khabarovsk 2019–20 FNL 11020–––130
Career total 23023333--1403028026

3Includes Baltic League.

Awards and honours

Club
Gulbene 2005
Ventspils
Skonto FC
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References
  1. "Players 4 year signing contract". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. "Ventspils" paraksta līgumus ar japāņiem Sato un Šibamuru Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Latvian) Sportacentrs.com
  3. "All about Skonto FC".
  4. "Бунёдкор" подписал японца. Championat.asia (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
  5. О Экс-игрок брестского "Динамо" Минори Сато подписал контракт с чемпионами Узбекистана. Прессбол (in Russian). 2014-03-13.
  6. "Bunyodkor sign contract with Minori Sato". UZdaily. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. "Sato Minori is 25-foreigner". FC Bunyodkor. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  8. "광주FC, 일본 MF 미노리 사토 영입". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  9. "СОСТАВ АРМЕЙЦЕВ ПОПОЛНИЛ ПОЛУЗАЩИТНИК ИЗ ЯПОНИИ" [Army side joined by Japanese midfielder] (in Russian). FC SKA-Khabarovsk. 27 August 2019.
  10. Minori Sato at Soccerway
  11. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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