Masakatsu Sawa (澤 昌克 , Sawa Masakatsu , born January 12, 1983) is a former Japanese nationalized Peruvian football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal . His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder .
Career
On 13 September 2006, he became the first Japanese goalscorer in Copa Sudamericana , scoring 1 goal for Coronel Bolognesi against Chilean club Colo-Colo . After impressive performances for Coronel Bolognesi and Deportivo Municipal , he was offered to play for Peru national team . But he refused the offer because he did not want to lose Japanese nationality.[2] In July 2008, he joined Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol , located near his hometown, Moriya across the prefectural line.
Sawa was a Kashiwa Reysol player in the 2018 season but did never play a game for the club due to injuries. The club then announced on 11 January 2019, that the player had left the club by mutual consent.[3]
Club statistics
Updated to 22 February 2018 .[4] [5]
1 Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup .
References
^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF) . FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
^ RPP Noticias - Masakatsu Sawa asegura que le ofrecieron jugar en la selección peruana Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ 澤 昌克選手 退団のお知らせ|お知らせ情報 - 柏レイソル , reysol.co.jp, 11 January 2019
^ 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. 37 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)" , 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 53 out of 266)
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