Keita Saito (齋藤 恵太, Saitō Keita, born March 31, 1993 in Miyagi) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Blaublitz Akita.[1]
 Autographed shirt | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keita Saito | ||
| Date of birth | March 31, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Yamamoto, Miyagi, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fagiano Okayama | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Sendai University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Fukushima United FC | 28 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Roasso Kumamoto | 37 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Mito HollyHock | 22 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Nagano Parceiro (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2020–24 | Blaublitz Akita | 130 | (15) |
| 2024- | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024 @ 11:22AM(AEST) | |||
Career
editSaito joined J3 League club Fukushima United FC in 2015. On 8 November 2015, he netted a hat-trick, the first of his career, in a 3–0 win over J.League U-22 Selection.[2] In 2016, he moved to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto.[3] He is one of the fastest players in Japan as he is able to reach speeds of 36 km/h.[4]
Club statistics
editUpdated 2 December 2022.[5][6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||||
| 2015 | Fukushima United FC | J3 League | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 |
| 2016 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Mito HollyHock | 12 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Nagano Parceiro | J3 League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2020 | Blaublitz Akita | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| 2021 | J2 League | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 207 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 24 | ||
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ "齋藤 恵太：ロアッソ熊本：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "福島斎藤プロ初ハットトリックで勝利 同年代燃えた - Ｊ３ : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com.
- ^ "福島ユナイテッドFC 公式サイト » 齋藤恵太選手 ロアッソ熊本(Ｊ２)へ完全移籍のお知らせ". fufc.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21.
- ^ @Kenichi_Kaga50 (28 August 2020). "彼は毎試合スピード違反です。試合中にカタパルトで36km/h叩き出した選手初めてみたわ誰か捕まえてあげてください。笑ちなみに僕の試合中のデータのMAXで33km/h後半くらいです。他の前線の選手も普通に34キロkm/h出し…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 209 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 209 out of 289)
External links
edit- Profile at Mito HollyHock
- Keita Saito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Keita Saito at Soccerway
- Profile at Roasso Kumamoto
- Profile at Fukushima United
- Profile at Akita
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