Toru Sano

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|name=Toru Sano
佐野達

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|fullname=Toru Sano

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|11|15}}

|birth_place=Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.83}}

|position=Defender

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|youthyears1=1979–1981|youthclubs1=Shimizu Commercial High School

|youthyears2=1982–1985|youthclubs2=Hosei University

|years1=1986–1992|clubs1=Yokohama Marinos|caps1=79|goals1=1

|totalcaps=79|totalgoals=1

|nationalyears1=1988–1990|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=9|nationalgoals1=0

|manageryears1=2009|managerclubs1=Thespa Kusatsu

|manageryears2=2010–2012|managerclubs2=V-Varen Nagasaki

|manageryears3=2013–2015|managerclubs3=Saurcos Fukui

|manageryears4=2016–2017|managerclubs4=Verspah Oita

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{{Nihongo|Toru Sano|佐野達|Sano Tōru|born November 15, 1963}} is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sano was born in Shizuoka on November 15, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1986. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He could not play in the match much for injury. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. However, he retired in 1992 without playing in J1 League.

National team career

On January 27, 1988, Sano debuted for Japan national team against United Arab Emirates. He played full-time in all matches in 1988. He also played at 1990 Asian Games. He played 9 games for Japan until 1990.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/sano_toru.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Coaching career

After retirement, Sano coached at Yokohama Marinos (1993–96), Yokohama Flügels (1997-98) and Kyoto Purple Sanga (1999-03). He signed with J2 League club Thespa Kusatsu in 2005 and became a manager in 2009. In 2010, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club V-Varen Nagasaki. In 2012 season, however the club won the champions and was promoted to J2 League, he resigned end of the season. In 2013, he signed with Regional Leagues club Saurcos Fukui. He moved to JFL club Verspah Oita in 2016. He resigned in 2017.

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1986/87	rowspan="6"\|Nissan Motors	rowspan="6"\|JSL Division 1	22	0					22	0
1987/88	22	1					22	1
1988/89	18	0					18	0
1989/90	15	0			1	0	16	0
1990/91	2	0			4	0	6	0
1991/92	0	0			0	0	0	0
1992	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	colspan="2"
\|0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan=3\|Total !79\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|5\|\|0\|\|84\|\|1

National team statistics

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Japan national team
1988	5	0
1989	1	0
1990	3	0
Total\|\|9\|\|0

Managerial statistics

[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=1354 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align="left"\|Thespa Kusatsu \|align="left"\|2009 \|align="left"\|2009 {{WDL\|51\|18\|11\|22}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|51\|18\|11\|22}}

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!rowspan="2"|Team

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Win %

align="left"|Thespa Kusatsu

|align="left"|2009

colspan="3"|Total