Mitsuki Saito (齊藤 未月, Saitō Mitsuki, born 10 January 1999) is a Japanese footballer[2] who plays as a midfielder for Vissel Kobe in the J1 League. He played as a defensive midfielder early in his career.
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| Full name | Mitsuki Saito[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Vissel Kobe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fujisawa FC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Shonan Bellmare | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Shonan Bellmare | 112 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Rubin Kazan (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Gamba Osaka (loan) | 26 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Vissel Kobe (loan) | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Vissel Kobe | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Japan U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Japan U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editMitsuki Saito was promoted to top team from youth team of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare in 2016. He scored his first goal for the club on a 2-1 loss against V-Varen Nagasaki at the group stage of the 2018 J.League Cup.[3]
On 14 December 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[4] On 16 February 2021 he was operated on due to an injury to ankle tendons, recovery was expected to last 4 months, he was not able to play for Rubin in the 2020–21 season.[5] Upon his recovery from injury, he made his debut for Rubin on 12 August 2021 in a Europa Conference League qualifier against the Polish club Raków Częstochowa. He substituted Hwang In-beom in the 106th minute in the extra time, as Rubin lost 0–1 and were eliminated from the competition.[6] He made his RPL debut for Rubin on 22 August 2021 in a game against FC Khimki, he substituted Darko Jevtić in the 81st minute.[7] On 31 August 2021, he was removed from Rubin's RPL squad once again.[8]
On 7 January 2022, he joined Gamba Osaka on loan until 31 January 2023.[9]
Career statistics
editUpdated to 19 August 2023.[10][11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2015 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | J2 League | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | J1 League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 33 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 112 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 136 | 6 | |||
| Rubin Kazan (loan) | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gamba Osaka (loan) | 2022 | J1 League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| Vissel Kobe (loan) | 2023 | J1 League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 162 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 9 | ||
Honours
editVissel Kobe
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ J.League Data Site
- ^ J.LEAGUE.JP, "Schedule & Results"
- ^ "В "РУБИН" НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ ПЕРЕШЕЛ МИЦУКИ САЙТО" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 14 December 2020.
- ^ "МИЦУКИ САЙТО УСПЕШНО ПРООПЕРИРОВАН" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Rubin v Raków game report". UEFA. 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Khimki v Rubin game report". Russian Premier League. 22 August 2021.
- ^ Mitsuki Saito at Russian Premier League
- ^ "齊藤 未月選手 期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Gamba Osaka. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ 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 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 106 out of 289)
- ^ 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. 130 out of 289)
- ^ "神戸が悲願の初優勝！井出、武藤のゴールで名古屋に競り勝つ【速報：明治安田J1第33節】". J.League. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
External links
edit- Mitsuki Saito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Shonan Bellmare (in Japanese)
- Mitsuki Saito at Soccerway
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