Koki Saito (斉藤 光毅, Saitō Kōki, born 10 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta on loan from Belgian club Lommel.
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Full name | Koki Saito[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team |
Sparta (on loan from Lommel) | ||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
Inukura SC | |||||||||||||
Yokohama FC | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2018–2020 | Yokohama FC | 63 | (9) | ||||||||||
2021– | Lommel | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||
2022– | → Sparta (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017 | Japan U16 | 7 | (7) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Japan U17 | 8 | (9) | ||||||||||
2018 | Japan U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018 | Japan U19 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||
2019– | Japan U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:39, 26 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 4 June 2019 (UTC) |
After impressive performances with the Japan U-17 team, Koki Saito debuted on 21 July 2018 in a league match against FC Gifu.[2] On his debut, Saito even had the chance to share the field with Kazuyoshi Miura, who is 34 years his senior.[3]
In January 2021, he joined Belgian First Division B side Lommel.[4] In summer 2022 he was loaned to Eredivisie side Sparta.[5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Yokohama FC | 2018 | J2 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | 29 | 6 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | ||
2020 | J1 League | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
Career total | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
Sparta Rotterdam – current squad | |
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