Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Davao Aguilas | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
Yonezawa Phoenix | |||
Abeeca Yonezawa | |||
–2018 | Yonezawa Chuo High School | ||
2019–2020 | SC Sagamihara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2019 | Thespakusatsu Challengers | ||
2020–2021 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | FC Awaji-shima | 7 | (1) |
2023–2023 | Vonds Ichihara | ||
2023 | Favoritner AC | 9 | (2) |
2023–2024 | Bisamberg | 18 | (0) |
2024– | Davao Aguilas | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4:24, June 22, 2024 (UTC) |
Shoma Sato (佐藤 彰真, Satō Akimasa, born 6 October 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Philippines Football League club Davao Aguilas. [1] [2]
Sato was born in Yonezawa in the prefecture of Yamagata. [3] He began playing football at a very young age and is currently a Yamagata Oshoshina Tourism Ambassador. [4]
Sato played youth football for his high school, Yonezawa Chuo HS, [5] [4] as well as for Yonezawa Phoenix and Abeeca Yonezawa. [6] At the age of 19, he played for the U21 of lower league team SC Sagamihara. [7]
Sato left Sagamihara and played professionally for a number of lower tier Japanese sides. From 2018 to 2019, he played for the challengers team of Thespa Kusatsu. [8]
After returning to Japan two years later, he played for one season at FC Awaji-shima where he made 7 appearances, [9] [10] playing for Vonds Ichihara the following season. [11]
In between his stints at Japanese clubs, Sato signed his first professional contract abroad with Albirex Niigata of the Singapore Premier League, [12] [5] [13] a club then composed of mostly Japanese nationals. [14] Albirex ended the season as champions of the 2020 Singapore Premier League, though Sato remained on the bench for most of the season and didn't play a competitive match, before departing early the next year. [15]
Sato next played in Austria, signing for Austrian fourth-tier side Favoritner AC where he scored two goals. [16] After a brief spell, he had a more successful stint with FC Bisamberg, making 18 appearances across two seasons. [17] [18] [19]
In 2024, Sato left Austria to sign a contract in the Philippines. He signed with Davao Aguilas, a club returning to the PFL for the first time in 6 years. [20] [21] He made his first start in a 1–0 win over Mendiola, scoring his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Manila Digger. [22] [23]