Naoki Sakai

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

Biography
Sakai was born in Nagareyama on August 2, 1975. He joined his local club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 1994. He played many matches as right midfielder. The club won the champions at 1999 J.League Cup. From 2000, his opportunity to play decreased behind Mitsuteru Watanabe. He moved to Consadole Sapporo in 2002. He retired end of 2003 season.

On October 13, 1996, Sakai debuted for the Japan national team against Tunisia.

Statistics

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|1994||rowspan="8"|Kashiwa Reysol||Football League||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1995||rowspan="7"|J1 League||19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||19||0
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|1996||19||8||1||1||12||3||32||12
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|1997||14||0||3||1||6||0||23||1
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|1998||27||5||2||3||2||0||31||8
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|1999||24||2||4||2||7||0||35||4
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|2000||15||0||2||1||0||0||17||1
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|2001||12||1||0||0||2||0||14||1
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|2002||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||J1 League||17||1||0||0||3||0||20||1
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|2003||J2 League||10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
157||17||12||8||32||3||201||28
157||17||12||8||32||3||201||28
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1996||1||0
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!Total||1||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Kashiwa Reysol players
Category:Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players