Noriyoshi Sakai

Noriyoshi Sakai
酒井宣福
Personal information
Full name	Noriyoshi Sakai
Date of birth	9 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Sanjō, Niigata, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger, forward, right back
Team information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Number	9
Youth career
2008–2010	Teikyo Nagaoka High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2017	Albirex Niigata
2014–2015	→ Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
2016	→ Fagiano Okayama (loan)
2018–2021	Omiya Ardija
2021	Sagan Tosu
2022–	Nagoya Grampus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2022

Noriyoshi Sakai (酒井宣福, Sakai Noriyoshi, born 9 November 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for J.League club Nagoya Grampus. A versatile midfielder, Sakai can play in many different positions, although left wing is his preferred position.

He is the younger brother of current Vissel Kobe player and former Albirex Niigata teammate Gotoku Sakai.

Career[edit]

On 2 November 2010, Sakai signed for J. League club Albirex Niigata.^[1] He made his J. League debut on 7 May 2011, coming on as a substitute for Yoshiyuki Kobayashi against Omiya Ardija.^[2]

Club statistics[edit]

As of match played 30 March 2022^[3]^[4]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Other		Total
Albirex Niigata	2011	J1 League	3	0	0	0	0	0	–		3	0
	2012		2	0	1	0	1	0	–		4	0
	2013		7	0	1	0	3	0	–		11	0
	2016		9	0	0	0	3	0	–		12	0
	2017		11	1	1	0	2	0	–		14	1
	Total		32	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	44	1
Avispa Fukuoka (loan)	2014	J2 League	37	7	1	0	–		–		38	7
	2015	J2 League	39	7	3	3	–		2^[a]	0	44	10
	Total		76	14	4	3	0	0	2	0	82	17
Fagiano Okayama (loan)	2016	J2 League	6	0	2	0	–		2^[a]	0	10	0
Omiya Ardija	2018		36	3	0	0	–		1^[b]	0	37	3
	2019		22	2	2	0	–		1^[b]	0	25	2
	2020		5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
	Total		63	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	67	5
Sagan Tosu	2021	J1 League	29	8	3	0	2	0	–		34	8
Nagoya Grampus	2022	J1 League	4	0	0	0	3	1	–		7	1
Career total			210	28	14	3	14	1	6	0	244	32

^ ^a ^b J1 League Promotion play-off
^ ^a ^b J1/J2 Play-offs

References[edit]

^ 酒井宣福選手（帝京長岡高）来季新加入内定のお知らせ (in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "PLAYERS 2013 J.League Division1 Albirex Niigata". J. League. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 123 out of 289)
^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Noriyoshi Sakai Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

External links[edit]

Profile at Nagoya Grampus
Noriyoshi Sakai at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] 酒井宣福選手（帝京長岡高）来季新加入内定のお知らせ (in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[2] "PLAYERS 2013 J.League Division1 Albirex Niigata". J. League. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)

[4] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 123 out of 289)

[5] "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Noriyoshi Sakai Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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