Manabu Saitō

Manabu Saitō
Personal information
Date of birth	4 April 1990
Place of birth	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Number	19
Youth career
2003–2008	Yokohama F. Marinos Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2017	Yokohama F. Marinos
2011	→ Ehime FC (loan)
2018–2021	Kawasaki Frontale
2021–	Nagoya Grampus
National team‡
2007	Japan U17
2012	Japan U23
2013–2016	Japan
Honours
Yokohama F. Marinos
Kawasaki Frontale
Representing Japan
AFC U-16 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014

Manabu Saitō (齋藤学, Saitō Manabu, born 4 April 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Nagoya Grampus in J1 League. He spent the majority of his career with Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]

International career

Saito was born in Kanagawa. In August 2007, he was elected Japan U17 national team for 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played two matches. In July 2012, he was selected for the Japan U23 national team squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He played four matches and Japan won the 4th place.

In July 2013, Saito was elected Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, on 21 July, he debuted against China. He was also called-up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play. He played six games and scored one goal for Japan until 2016.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 February 2019[3][4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yokohama F. Marinos	2008	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2009	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	2010	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	10	1
	2012	29	6	3	0	5	2	–		37	8
	2013	28	4	4	2	4	2	–		39	8
	2014	31	4	2	0	1	0	5	3	39	7
	2015	32	7	2	0	3	0	–		37	7
	2016	33	10	4	1	4	1	–		41	12
	2017	25	1	2	2	2	0	–		29	3
	Total	201	32	18	5	30	6	5	3	254	46
Ehime FC	2011	36	14	2	0	–		–		38	14
Kawasaki Frontale	2018	16	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	22	2
Career total		253	47	23	6	32	6	6	3	314	62

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2013	3	1
	2014	2	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	1	0
Total		6	1

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saitō goal.

List of international goals scored by Manabu Saitō
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 July 2013	Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea	Australia	1–0	3–2	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos

Emperor's Cup: 2013

Kawasaki Frontale

J1 League: 2018, 2020
Japanese Super Cup: 2019

Nagoya Grampus

J.League Cup: 2021

Japan

Individual

J. League Best Eleven : 2016

References

"Manabu Saito arrival". Kawasaki Frontale Official Page (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Japan National Football Team Database
Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 81 out of 289)
"Manabu Saito Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

Manabu Saitō – FIFA competition record (archived)
Manabu Saitō at National-Football-Teams.com
Manabu Saitō at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at Nagoya Grampus (in Japanese)
Manabu Saitō at Soccerway

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[Manabu_Saito_arrival-1] "Manabu Saito arrival". Kawasaki Frontale Official Page (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[JNFTD-2] Japan National Football Team Database

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 81 out of 289)

[Manabu_Saito_Soccerway_Player_Statistics-4] "Manabu Saito Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.