Mitsuki Saito

Mitsuki Saito (齊藤 未月, Saitō Mitsuki, born 10 January 1999) is a Japanese footballer[2] who plays as a midfielder for Vissel Kobe in the J1 League, on loan from Shonan Bellmare. He played as a defensive midfielder early in his career.

Mitsuki Saito
Personal information
Full name Mitsuki Saito[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
Place of birth Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vissel Kobe
(on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
Number 16
Youth career
Shonan Bellmare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Shonan Bellmare 112 (4)
2021 → Rubin Kazan (loan) 2 (0)
2022 → Gamba Osaka (loan) 26 (2)
2023– → Vissel Kobe (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
Shonan Bellmare
WinnerJ.League Cup2018
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Bronze medal – third place2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2020

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

Updated to 18 February 2019.[10][11]

Club performance League National Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
2015Shonan BellmareJ1 League00100010
2016500050100
2017J2 League30020–320
2018J1 League1812081281
Total 50161102663

References
  1. "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.
  2. J.League Data Site
  3. J.LEAGUE.JP, "Schedule & Results"
  4. "В «РУБИН» НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ ПЕРЕШЕЛ МИЦУКИ САЙТО" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 14 December 2020.
  5. "МИЦУКИ САЙТО УСПЕШНО ПРООПЕРИРОВАН" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 February 2021.
  6. "Rubin v Raków game report". UEFA. 12 August 2021.
  7. "Khimki v Rubin game report". Russian Premier League. 22 August 2021.
  8. Mitsuki Saito at Russian Premier League
  9. "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.
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
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