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| Full name | Mitsuki Saito[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kyoto Sanga (on loan from Vissel Kobe) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fujisawa FC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Shonan Bellmare | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Shonan Bellmare | 112 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Rubin Kazan (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Gamba Osaka (loan) | 26 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Vissel Kobe (loan) | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Vissel Kobe | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Japan U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Japan U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mitsuki Saito (齊藤 未月, Saitō Mitsuki; born 10 January 1999) is a Japanese footballer[2] who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Kyoto Sanga, on loan from Vissel Kobe. He played as a defensive midfielder early in his career.
Career
Mitsuki Saito was promoted to top team from youth team of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare in 2016. He scored his first goal for the club on a 2-1 loss against V-Varen Nagasaki at the group stage of the 2018 J.League Cup.[3]
On 14 December 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[4] On 16 February 2021 he was operated on due to an injury to ankle tendons, recovery was expected to last 4 months, he was not able to play for Rubin in the 2020–21 season.[5] Upon his recovery from injury, he made his debut for Rubin on 12 August 2021 in a Europa Conference League qualifier against the Polish club Raków Częstochowa. He substituted Hwang In-beom in the 106th minute in the extra time, as Rubin lost 0–1 and were eliminated from the competition.[6] He made his RPL debut for Rubin on 22 August 2021 in a game against FC Khimki, he substituted Darko Jevtić in the 81st minute.[7] On 31 August 2021, he was removed from Rubin's RPL squad once again.[8]
On 7 January 2022, he joined Gamba Osaka on loan until 31 January 2023.[9]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2015 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | J2 League | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | J1 League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | J1 League | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | J1 League | 33 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 112 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 136 | 6 | |||
| Rubin Kazan (loan) | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gamba Osaka (loan) | 2022 | J1 League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| Vissel Kobe (loan) | 2023 | J1 League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| Vissel Kobe | 2024 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 2025 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 9 | ||
- ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup
- ↑ Includes J. League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Conference League and AFC Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in J1/J2 play-off
- ↑ Appearance in the Japanese Super Cup
Honours
Vissel Kobe
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ↑ J.League Data Site
- ↑ J.LEAGUE.JP, "Schedule & Results"
- ↑ "В "РУБИН" НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ ПЕРЕШЕЛ МИЦУКИ САЙТО" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 14 December 2020.
- ↑ "МИЦУКИ САЙТО УСПЕШНО ПРООПЕРИРОВАН" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Rubin v Raków game report". UEFA. 12 August 2021.
- ↑ "Khimki v Rubin game report". Russian Premier League. 22 August 2021.
- ↑ Mitsuki Saito at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
- ↑ "齊藤 未月選手 期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Gamba Osaka. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ 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 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 106 out of 289)
- ↑ 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. 130 out of 289)
- ↑ "2025 Mitsuki Saito Players". Soccer D.B. Japan. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "神戸が悲願の初優勝！井出、武藤のゴールで名古屋に競り勝つ【速報：明治安田J1第33節】". J.League. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ↑ "神戸が連覇＆2冠達成! 磐田は1年でJ2降格決定…得点王は24発アンデルソン・ロペス／J1最終節". Soccer King (in Japanese). 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
External links
- Mitsuki Saito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Shonan Bellmare (in Japanese)
- Mitsuki Saito at Soccerway
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