Shigeru Sakurai

Shigeru Sakurai
桜井 繁
Personal information
Full name Shigeru Sakurai
Date of birth (1979-06-29) June 29, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1995–1997 Sakai High School
1998–2001 Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Montedio Yamagata 133 (0)
2007–2008 Ventforet Kofu 30 (0)
2009–2014 Vegalta Sendai 1 (0)
2015 Tochigi SC 20 (0)
Total 184 (0)
Medal record
Vegalta Sendai
Runner-up J1 League 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shigeru Sakurai (桜井 繁, Sakurai Shigeru, born June 29, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Sakurai was born in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 29, 1979. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined J2 League club Montedio Yamagata in 2002. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2003. However he lost his position behind Kenta Shimizu in 2006. In 2007, he moved to J1 League club Ventforet Kofu. However he could hardly play in the match behind Kensaku Abe and Tatsuya Tsuruta and Ventforet was relegated to J2 end of 2007 season. In 2008, he became a regular goalkeeper. In 2009, he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai. Although Vegalta was promoted to J1 end of 2010 season, he could hardly play in the match behind Takuto Hayashi and Kentaro Seki until 2014. In 2015, he moved to J2 club Tochigi SC.[1] He played many matches while battling with Akihiko Takeshige for the position. However Tochigi finished at the bottom place in 2015 season and was relegated to J3 League. He retired end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002 Montedio Yamagata J2 League 4 0 1 0 - 5 0
2003 44 0 3 0 - 47 0
2004 40 0 2 0 - 42 0
2005 40 0 1 0 - 41 0
2006 5 0 1 0 - 6 0
Total 133 0 8 0 0 0 141 0
2007 Ventforet Kofu J1 League 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2008 J2 League 29 0 0 0 - 29 0
Total 30 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
2009 Vegalta Sendai J2 League 0 0 1 0 - 1 0
2010 J1 League 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
2011 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2012 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2013 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
2014 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Total 1 0 4 0 7 0 12 0
2015 Tochigi SC J2 League 20 0 1 0 - 21 0
Total 20 0 1 0 - 21 0
Career total 184 0 14 0 7 0 205 0

References

  1. ^ Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)


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