Masanao Sasaki

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

Biography
Sasaki was born in Chiba Prefecture on June 19, 1962. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Honda in 1985. He played 121 matches and scored 10 goals for the club. He moved to All Nippon Airways in 1991. He also played at his local club JEF United Ichihara (1992–93) and Kashiwa Reysol (1994). He retired in 1994.

On June 2, 1988, Sasaki debuted for the Japan national team against China. In 1989 and 1990, he played all matches including 1990 World Cup qualification and 1990 Asian Games. He played 20 games for Japan from 1988 to 1991.

Statistics

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|1985–86||rowspan="6"|Honda||rowspan="6"|JSL Division 1||18||2||||||2||0||20||2
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|1986–87||22||2||||||4||1||26||3
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|1987–88||20||3||||||3||2||23||5
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|1988–89||20||3||||||1||0||21||3
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|1989–90||22||0||||||2||1||24||1
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|1990–91||19||0||||||4||0||23||0
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|1991–92||All Nippon Airways||JSL Division 1||17||1||||||1||0||18||1
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|1992||rowspan="2"|JEF United Ichihara||rowspan="2"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||||||6||1||6||1
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|1993||18||1||0||0||0||0||18||1
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|1994||Kashiwa Reysol||Football League||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
160||12||2||0||23||5||185||17
160||12||2||0||23||5||185||17
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1988||2||0
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|1989||11||0
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|1990||6||0
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|1991||1||0
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!Total||20||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Honda FC players
Category:Yokohama Flügels players
Category:JEF United Chiba players
Category:Kashiwa Reysol players