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Satoru Asari
浅利 悟
Personal information
Full name Satoru Asari
Date of birth (1974-06-10) June 10, 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 Bunan High School
1993–1996 Meiji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2009 FC Tokyo 250 (2)
Total 250 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Satoru Asari (浅利 悟, Asari Satoru, born June 10, 1974) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Asari was born in Saitama on June 10, 1974. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Japan Football League club Tokyo Gas (later FC Tokyo) in 1997. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder from first season. The club also won the 2nd place in 1997 and the champions in 1998 and was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. In 1999, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League from 2000. Although he played many matches for long time, he injured his right knee in August 2004. After the injury, his opportunity to play decreased behind Yasuyuki Konno and Yohei Kajiyama. In 2008, he was appreciated by new manager Hiroshi Jofuku and played many matches. However he could hardly play in the match for injuries in 2009 and retired end of 2009 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1997 Tokyo Gas Football League 29 0 4 0 - 33 0
1998 28 1 3 0 - 31 1
1999 FC Tokyo J2 League 29 1 3 0 7 0 39 1
2000 J1 League 27 0 0 0 1 0 28 0
2001 25 0 0 0 3 0 28 0
2002 19 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
2003 22 0 0 0 6 0 28 0
2004 9 0 1 0 3 0 13 0
2005 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 16 0 3 0 4 0 23 0
2008 25 0 1 0 6 0 32 0
2009 5 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
Career total 250 2 18 0 31 0 299 2

Honors

References