Choei Sato

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Sato was born in Yamagata Prefecture on April 15, 1951. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric in 1974. He debuted in 1976 and the club won Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1985/86 Japan Soccer League, 1986 JSL Cup. He retired in 1988. He played 142 games in the league.

On July 21, 1978, Sato debuted for the Japan national team against Malaysia.

After retirement, Sato started coaching career at Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1991 and he coached until 1994. In 1995, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse. In 1996, he moved to Brummell Sendai and became a manager. In 1998, he signed with Urawa Reds and coached until 1999.

Statistics

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|1974||rowspan="14"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="14"|JSL Division 1||0||0
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|1975||0||0
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|1976||16||0
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|1977||12||0
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|1978||12||0
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|1979||9||0
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|1980||1||0
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|1981||10||0
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|1982||18||0
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|1983||18||0
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|1984||15||0
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|1985–86||22||0
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|1986–87||5||0
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|1987–88||3||0
142||0
142||0
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1978||1||0
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!Total||1||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Yamagata Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:JEF United Chiba players