Shigeru Sakurai
桜井 繁
Personal information
Full name Shigeru Sakurai
Date of birth (1979-06-29) June 29, 1979
Place of birth Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1995–1997 Sakai High School
1998–2001 Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Montedio Yamagata 133 (0)
2007–2008 Ventforet Kofu 30 (0)
2009–2014 Vegalta Sendai 1 (0)
2015 Tochigi SC 20 (0)
Total 184 (0)
Medal record
Vegalta Sendai
Runner-upJ1 League2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shigeru Sakurai (桜井 繁, Sakurai Shigeru, born June 29, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Sakurai was born in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 29, 1979. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined J2 League club Montedio Yamagata in 2002. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2003. However he lost his position behind Kenta Shimizu in 2006. In 2007, he moved to J1 League club Ventforet Kofu. However he could hardly play in the match behind Kensaku Abe and Tatsuya Tsuruta and Ventforet was relegated to J2 end of 2007 season. In 2008, he became a regular goalkeeper. In 2009, he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai. Although Vegalta was promoted to J1 end of 2010 season, he could hardly play in the match behind Takuto Hayashi and Kentaro Seki until 2014. In 2015, he moved to J2 club Tochigi SC.[1] He played many matches while battling with Akihiko Takeshige for the position. However Tochigi finished at the bottom place in 2015 season and was relegated to J3 League. He retired end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Montedio YamagataJ2 League4010-50
200344030-470
200440020-420
200540010-410
20065010-60
Total133080001410
2007Ventforet KofuJ1 League10100020
2008J2 League29000-290
Total3001000310
2009Vegalta SendaiJ2 League0010-10
2010J1 League00102030
201100100010
201200101020
201300002020
201410002030
Total104070120
2015Tochigi SCJ2 League20010-210
Total20010-210
Career total 1840140702050

References

  1. Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)


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