- Masakatsu Sawa
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Sawa Personal information Full name Masakatsu Sawa Date of birth January 12, 1983 Place of birth Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Playing position Midfielder, Forward Club information Current club Kashiwa Reysol Youth career 1998-2001 Chuo Gakuin High School 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- Kashiwa Reysol 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 11, 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 26, 2008Masakatsu Sawa (澤昌克 Sawa Masakatsu, born January 12, 1983) is a Japanese football player. 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.
Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Peru League Cup League Cup South America Total 2005 Sporting Cristal Primera División Peruana 5 1 - - - 5 1 2006 Coronel Bolognesi 40 11 - - - 40 11 2007 Deportivo Municipal 38 10 - - - 3 0 2008 Cienciano 21 3 - - 6 0 27 3 Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total 2008 Kashiwa Reysol J. League 1 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 2009 9 0 1 0 - 10 0 2010 J. League 2 - 2011 J. League 1 - Country Peru 104 25 - - 6 0 110 25 Japan 9 0 1 0 0 0 - 10 0 Total 113 25 1 0 0 0 6 0 120 25 References
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Kashiwa Reysol – current squad 1 Kirihata · 2 Nakajima · 3 Kondo · 4 Sakai · 5 Masushima · 6 Park Dong-Hyuk · 7 Otani · 8 Sawa · 9 Kitajima · 10 Leandro · 11 Hayashi · 13 Hyodo · 14 Otsu · 15 Wagner · 16 Inada · 17 An Yong-Hak · 18 Tanaka · 19 Kudo · 20 Barada · 21 Sugeno · 22 Hashimoto · 23 Kurakawa · 24 Soma · 25 Murakami · 26 Yamazaki · 27 Roger · 28 Kurisawa · 29 Mizuno · 31 Kawanami · 32 Yamanaka · Manager: Nelsinho
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