- Sagan Tosu
Football club infobox
clubname = Sagan Tosu
サガン鳥栖
fullname = Sagan Tosu Football Club
nickname = -
founded =1987
ground =Tosu Stadium
Tosu, Saga
capacity = 25,000
chairman = Yukihiro Igawa
manager = Yasuyuki Kishino (2007 - )
league =J. League Div.2
season = 2007
position = 8th Place
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Japan ese professionalfootball (soccer) club, currently playing in theJ-league Division 2. The team is located in Tosu,Saga Prefecture ."Sagan" is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its
homophone s is "砂岩" meaning sand stone in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one formidable object. Also, "Sagan Tosu" can be interpreted as "Tosu of Saga Prefecture" in the area's dialect. In addition, it is widely believed that the word is meant to be a pun with Italian giantsJuventus although the club hasn't confirmed it.Team Record
J.League
Players
Current squad
"As of
August 3 ,2008 "Notable players
*
David Bisconti
*Héctor Enrique (Tosu Futures)
*Sergio Batista (Tosu Futures)
*Hugo Maradona (in PJM Futures,1992 -94)
*Shigetatsu Matsunaga (in Tosu Futures,1995 -96)
*Stephen Tataw (in Tosu Futures,1995 -96)
*Jorge Dely Valdés (in Tosu Futures,1996 )External links
* [http://www.sagantosu.jp/ Official Site]
J. League
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