Gōtoku Sakai

Japanese association football player

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Gōtoku Sakai is a Japanese association football player born in New York City on March 14, 1991. He plays as a defender and full-back, wearing the number 24. His career includes membership with Albirex Niigata, VfB Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, and the Japan national under-20 association football team. He has also played for Vissel Kobe and competed in the Bundesliga.

Sakai represented Japan in the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He speaks Japanese and has been diagnosed with COVID-19. His siblings are Noriyoshi Sakai and Goson Sakai. His name in kana is サカイゴウトク, and in his native language, it is written as 酒井高徳.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1991 births, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players and 2014 FIFA World Cup players.

Its subject is documented across 61 Wikipedia language editions.

Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Vissel Kobe
Position: Defender
Nationality: Japan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of birth: New York City
Sibling: Goson Sakai
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: Japanese
Participant in: 2012 Summer Olympics
Sport: association football
Member of team: Vissel Kobe
Position played: full-back
League: Bundesliga
Country for sport: Japan
Mass: 74
Image: Gotoku Sakai 2018.jpg
Height: 176

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Commons category: Gōtoku Sakai
date of birth: 1991-03-14
name in kana: サカイゴウトク
sport number: 24
name in native language: 酒井高徳
start of work period: 2009-00-00
medical condition: COVID-19
social media followers: 43805

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Encyclopedic overview

Gōtoku Sakai (酒井高徳, Sakai Gōtoku; born 14 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vissel Kobe. He was born in the United States but raised in Japan, where he represented internationally.

Club career

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