Masakatsu Sawa

Masakatsu Sawa (澤 昌克, Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese nationalized Peruvian football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.

Masakatsu Sawa
澤 昌克
Personal information
Full name Masakatsu Sawa
Date of birth (1983-01-12) January 12, 1983
Place of birth Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Deportivo Municipal
Number 30
Youth career
2002–2004 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Sporting Cristal 5 (1)
2006 Coronel Bolognesi 40 (11)
2007 Deportivo Municipal 38 (10)
2008 Cienciano 21 (3)
2008–2013 Kashiwa Reysol 91 (11)
2014–2017 Deportivo Municipal 115 (21)
2018 Kashiwa Reysol 0 (0)
2019 Unión Huaral 6 (3)
2020– Deportivo Municipal 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:33, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Career

On 13 September 2006, he became the first Japanese goalscorer in Copa Sudamericana, scoring 1 goal for Coronel Bolognesi against Chilean club Colo-Colo. After impressive performances for Coronel Bolognesi and Deportivo Municipal, he was offered to play for Peru national team. But he refused the offer because he did not want to lose Japanese nationality.[1] In July 2008, he joined Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol, located near his hometown, Moriya across the prefectural line.

Sawa was a Kashiwa Reysol player in the 2018 season but did never play a game for the club due to injuries. The club then announced on 11 January 2019, that the player had left the club by mutual consent.[2]

Club statistics

Updated to 22 February 2018.[3][4]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2005Sporting CristalPrimera División5151
2006Coronel Bolognesi40114011
2007Deportivo Municipal381030
2008Cienciano21360273
2008Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League00000000
2009901000100
2010J2 League26210272
2011J1 League232100020262
201226662303010262
201371202020131
2014Deportivo MunicipalSegunda División30123012
2015Primera División295295
2016354354
2017210210
Total 31057112501103034059

1Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.

References

  1. RPP Noticias - Masakatsu Sawa asegura que le ofrecieron jugar en la selección peruana Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 澤 昌克選手 退団のお知らせ|お知らせ情報 - 柏レイソル, reysol.co.jp, 11 January 2019
  3. 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. 37 out of 289)
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 53 out of 266)


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