Manabu Saitō

Manabu Saitō
Personal information
Full name	Manabu Saitō
Date of birth	4 April 1990
Place of birth	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Youth career
2003–2008	Yokohama F. Marinos Youth
Senior career*
National team‡
Yokohama F. Marinos
Kawasaki Frontale
Representing Japan
AFC U-16 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014

Manabu Saitō (齋藤学, Saitō Manabu, born 4 April 1990 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nagoya Grampus in J1 League having spent the majority of his career with Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]

National team career

In August 2007, Saito was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played 2 matches. In July 2012, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place.

In July 2013, Saito was elected Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, on July 21, he debuted against China. He was also elected Japan for 2014 World Cup, but he did not play in the match. He played 6 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2016.[2]

Club statistics

Updated to 22 February 2019.[3][4]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yokohama F. Marinos	2008	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2009	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	2010	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	10	1
	2012	29	6	3	0	5	2	-		37	8
	2013	28	4	4	2	4	2	-		39	8
	2014	31	4	2	0	1	0	5	3	39	7
	2015	32	7	2	0	3	0	-		37	7
	2016	33	10	4	1	4	1	-		41	12
	2017	25	1	2	2	2	0	-		29	3
	Total	201	32	18	5	30	6	5	3	254	46
Ehime F.C.	2011	36	14	2	0	-		-		38	14
Ehime F.C.	Total	36	14	2	0	-		-		38	14
Kawasaki Frontale	2018	16	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	22	2
Kawasaki Frontale	Total	16	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	22	2
Career total		253	47	23	6	32	6	6	3	314	62

J.League Firsts

Appearance: August 24, 2008. Yokohama F Marinos 1 vs 0 Consadole Sapporo, Mitsuzawa Stadium
Goal: March 10, 2012. Kashiwa Reysol 3 vs 3 Yokohama F Marinos, Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium

National team statistics

[2]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	3	1
2014	2	0
2015	0	0
2016	1	0
Total	6	1

National team goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 July 2013	Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea	Australia	1–0	3–2	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Honours

Club

Yokohama F. Marinos

Emperor's Cup: 2013

Kawasaki Frontale

J1 League: 2018, 2020
Japanese Super Cup: 2019

Japan

Individual

J. League Best Eleven : 2016

References

"Manabu Saito arrival". Kawasaki Frontale Official Page (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Japan National Football Team Database
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. 81 out of 289)
"Manabu Saito Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

Manabu Saitō – FIFA competition record
Manabu Saitō at National-Football-Teams.com
Manabu Saitō at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos (in Japanese)
Manabu Saitō at Soccerway

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[Manabu_Saito_arrival-1] "Manabu Saito arrival". Kawasaki Frontale Official Page (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[JNFTD-2] Japan National Football Team Database

[3] 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. 81 out of 289)

[Manabu_Saito_Soccerway_Player_Statistics-4] "Manabu Saito Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.