Toshihide Saito

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| name = Toshihide Saito
斉藤俊秀

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|4|20}}

| birth_place = Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

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| height = 1.82 m

| position = Defender

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| youthyears1 = 1989–1991

| youthclubs1 = Shimizu Higashi High School

| collegeyears1 = 1992–1995

| college1 = Waseda University

| years1 = 1996–2006

| clubs1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

| caps1 = 244

| goals1 = 16

| years2 = 2007–2008

| clubs2 = Shonan Bellmare

| caps2 = 84

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2009–2013

| clubs3 = Fujieda MYFC

| caps3 = 57

| goals3 = 6

| totalcaps = 385

| totalgoals = 26

| nationalyears1 = 1996–1999

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2010–2013

| managerclubs1 = Fujieda MYFC (player/manager)

| manageryears2 = 2014–2017

| managerclubs2 = Japan U17 (assistant coach)

| manageryears3 = 2018–

| managerclubs3 = Japan (assistant coach)

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Shimizu S-Pulse}}

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{{Nihongo|Toshihide Saito|斉藤俊秀|Saitō Toshihide|born April 20, 1973}} is a Japanese former football player and manager. He currently works as an assistant coach for the Japan national team.

Club career

Saito was born in Shizuoka on April 20, 1973. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined his local club Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996. He played as regular player from first season. At 1996 J.League Cup, the club won the champions and he was selected New Hero awards. End of 1996 season, he was also selected J.League Rookie of the Year awards. The club also won the 2nd place at 1998 Emperor's Cup and 1999 J1 League, he was also selected Best Eleven in 1999. In 2000s, the club won 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and 2001 Emperor's Cup. In 2006, he moved to J2 League club Shonan Bellmare and played in two seasons. In 2009, he was appointed playing manager of Prefectural Leagues side Fujieda MYFC.[http://myfc.co.jp/?p=3728 Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC] After promotion to the Japan Football League in 2011[http://vinciperosaka.com/myfc.html Fujieda club history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011034/http://vinciperosaka.com/myfc.html |date=2013-12-03 }} and acceptance into J3 League for the 2014 season, Saito decided to leave the club.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131129182223/http://followingfujieda.com/2013/11/29/toshihide-saito-leaves-fujieda-myfc/ Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC]}}

International career

Saito was capped 17 times for the Japan national team between 1996 and 1999.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/saito_toshihide.html Japan National Football Team Database] His first international appearance came on August 25, 1996, in a friendly against Uruguay at Osaka Nagai Stadium. He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also played at 1999 Copa América.

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Emperor's Cup !colspan="2"\|J.League Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="11"\|Shimizu S-Pulse \|1996 \|rowspan="11"\|J1 League \|29	2	3	0	16	0	48	2
1997 \|22	2	3	0	0	0	25	2
1998 \|33	0	5	0	1	0	39	0
1999 \|28	3	3	0	4	0	35	3
2000 \|28	3	5	0	6	0	39	3
2001 \|20	1	0	0	2	0	22	1
2002 \|20	1	2	0	1	0	23	1
2003 \|2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004 \|26	3	1	0	6	0	33	3
2005 \|28	0	0	0	7	1	35	1
2006 \|8	1	0	0	3	0	11	1
rowspan="2"\|Shonan Bellmare \|2007 \|rowspan="2"\|J2 League \|46	4	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	48	4
2008 \|38	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	39	0
rowspan="5"\|Fujieda MYFC \|2009 \|Prefectural Leagues \|11	3	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	11	3
2010 \|rowspan="2"\|Regional Leagues \|15	2	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	15	2
2011 \|5	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	5	0
2012 \|rowspan="2"\|Football League \|11	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	11	0
2013 \|15	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	16	1
colspan="3"\|Career total !385	26	28	0	46	1	459	27

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="4"\|Japan \|1996	2	0
1997	7	0
1998	4	0
1999	4	0
colspan="2"\|Total	17	0

Honors

Individual

References

External links

{{FIFA player|156061}}
{{NFT player|10740}}
[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/saito_toshihide.html Japan National Football Team Database]
{{J.League player|2250}}

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