Tomoyuki Sakai
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Tomoyuki Sakai 酒井 友之 is a Japanese football player who plays for Persiwa Wamena
. He was capped 1 time for the Japanese national team.
, who carried high hopes of the nation because Sakai's teammates included such household names as Hidetoshi Nakata
, Shinji Ono
and Naohiro Takahara
. However, in the team's quarterfinal match, Sakai committed a foul inside his own box at the 90th minute, conceding the USA, Japan's opponents, a crucial penalty to make it 2-2. The Americans went on to win the penalty shootouts after 120 minutes of play could not separate the two teams.
|1997||rowspan="4"|JEF United Ichihara
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|2001||rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus Eight
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|2004||rowspan="4"|Urawa Red Diamonds
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|2007||rowspan="2"|Vissel Kobe
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|2009||Fujieda MY
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|2010-11
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Persiwa Wamena
Persiwa Wamena is an Indonesian football club based in Wamena, Papua Province, Indonesia. They play in the top division in Indonesian football, Liga Indonesia. Their home stadium is Pendidikan Stadium...
. He was capped 1 time for the Japanese national team.
Career
Sakai was a starter for Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, who carried high hopes of the nation because Sakai's teammates included such household names as Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...
, Shinji Ono
Shinji Ono
is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing...
and Naohiro Takahara
Naohiro Takahara
is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for J. League Division 1 side Shimizu S-Pulse as a strikerTakahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.On December 3, 2006, he...
. However, in the team's quarterfinal match, Sakai committed a foul inside his own box at the 90th minute, conceding the USA, Japan's opponents, a crucial penalty to make it 2-2. The Americans went on to win the penalty shootouts after 120 minutes of play could not separate the two teams.
Club career statistics
|-|1997||rowspan="4"|JEF United Ichihara
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
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|1999||22||0||1||1||0||0||23||1
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|2000||27||1||3||1||2||0||32||2
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|2001||rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nagoya Grampus Eight
are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
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|2002||29||1||3||0||6||0||38||1
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|2003||17||1||0||0||3||0||20||1
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|2004||rowspan="4"|Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
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|2006||3||0||3||0||5||1||11||1
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|2007||rowspan="2"|Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe
is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The home stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku.-History:The club was...
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|2009||Fujieda MY
Fujieda MY FC
Fujieda MYFC is football team playing in the Japanese regional leagues funded by online subscribers. The team which is based in Fujieda, Shizuoka, is the first of its kind in Japan....
||Prefectural Leagues||8||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||3
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|2010-11
2010–11 Indonesia Super League
The 2010–11 Indonesia Super League was the third season of the Indonesia Super League , a fully professional football competition that replaced the Premier Division as the top rank of football competition structure in the country...
||Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya FC is an Indonesian football team located in Karawang, Indonesia founded in 1986. It was one of the most successful clubs in the Galatama era. The club's finance is mostly supported by The Bakrie Group....
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|2010-11
2010–11 Indonesia Super League
The 2010–11 Indonesia Super League was the third season of the Indonesia Super League , a fully professional football competition that replaced the Premier Division as the top rank of football competition structure in the country...
||rowspan="2"|Persiwa Wamena
Persiwa Wamena
Persiwa Wamena is an Indonesian football club based in Wamena, Papua Province, Indonesia. They play in the top division in Indonesian football, Liga Indonesia. Their home stadium is Pendidikan Stadium...
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|2011-12
2011–12 Indonesia Super League
The 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League season is the inaugural season of the Indonesian Premier League , a fully professional football competition that replaced the Indonesia Super League as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia....
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International career statistics
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Honors and awards
- FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 19991999 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipThe 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...