Hiroki Sakai

Hiroki Sakai (酒井 宏樹, Sakai Hiroki, born April 12, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.

Hiroki Sakai
Sakai at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hiroki Sakai
Date of birth (1990-04-12) April 12, 1990
Place of birth Nagano, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Marseille
Youth career
2006–2008 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Kashiwa Reysol 51 (2)
2012–2016 Hannover 92 (2)
2016-2021 Olympique Marseille 145 (1)
2021- Urawa Red Diamonds 34 (2)
National team‡
2012 Japan U-23 4 (0)
2012– Japan 53 (1)
Honours
Kashiwa Reysol
WinnerJ1 League2011
WinnerEmperor's Cup2012
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 United Arab Emirates
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Biography

Sakai was born in Nagano Prefecture on April 12, 1990.[1] He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 2009. He did not play in the match and Kashiwa was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season. He debuted in 2010 and Kashiwa won the champions in 2010 J2 League. In 2011, he became a regular player as right side back and won the champions in J1 League. In July 2012, he moved to German Bundesliga club Hannover. He played 92 matches for the club in 4 seasons. However Hannover was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2015/16 season. In 2016, he moved to French Ligue 1 club Olympique Marseille.

On May 23, 2012, Sakai debuted for the Japan national team against Azerbaijan. He battles with Atsuto Uchida for right side back. In July 2012, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place. In 2014, he also participated 2014 World Cup, but he did not play in the match. From 2016, he played many matches instead Uchida who injured. In 2018, Sakai participated 2018 World Cup. He played all 4 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. In 2019, he also played at 2019 Asian Cup and Japan won the 2nd place.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AsiaTotal
2009Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League000000-00
2010J2 League9130--121
2011J1 League2702020-310
2012151000072223
GermanyLeague DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal EuropeTotal
2012/13HannoverBundesliga13010-30170
2013/1426120--281
2014/1527020--290
2015/1626120--281
FranceLeague Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue EuropeTotal
2016/17Olympique MarseilleLigue 13503020-400
2017/183312010141502
2018/19270001040320
2019/202103010-250
2020/21
CountryJapan 512502072654
Germany 92270-301022
France 116180501811472
Total 2595200702833148

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201270
201370
201450
201560
201670
201790
201881
2019120
202030
Total641

References
  1. Hiroki Sakai at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Hiroki Sakai at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

Other websites


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