Hiroki Sakai

Hiroki Sakai (Japanese酒井 宏 树, Hiroki Sakai, born April 12, 1990 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese football player who is under contract 96 since the 2012/13 season at the Bundesliga Hannover.

Career

Clubs

Sakai came on April 12, 1990 in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture to the world. His career started in the right-back in 2003 in the Youth for Kashiwa Reysol. In summer 2009, he was loaned for four months to Mogi Mirim EC to Brazil. 2010 debuted Hiroki Sakai for the first team of the club in the J. League Division 2 and achieved promotion to the Division 1 At the end of the season 2011/12 he was directly after the rise of sensational master, and was elected to this season for rookie of the year. He was also included in the J. League Best XI, the best team in the J. League. This clubs from Europe were aware of him. For the 2012/13 season, he spent about 1 million Euros to Bundesliga Hannover 96, where he signed a contract until 30 June 2016 .. His first Bundesliga goal he scored on 3 November 2013 ( 11th Round ) in the 2 :3- defeat in the away game against Werder Bremen with the results for the interim 2:2 in the 41th minute.

National

Since 2011, Hiroki Sakai came in qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London to several appearances for the U -22 and U-23 National team of Japan and debuted on June 1, 2011 in a 3-1 win against the selection of Australia. Sakai played 10 games and scored two goals. In 2011 he was nominated for the national team but did not play. It was not until 23 May 2012 in a 2-0 win in the Test International Match, he came to his first appearance for the senior team against the selection of Azerbaijan. His first competitive match was followed on June 3 in a 3-0 win against the selection of Oman in the qualification for the World Cup 2014.

In 2012 he was in the squad for the Olympic Games and came in four of six games to use. In the 3rd place match, the team defeated South Korea 0-2.

Achievements

  • Promotion to Division 1: 2010
  • Japanese Football Championship: 2011
  • Japanese football Supercup: 2012

Awards

  • Rookie of the Year 2011
  • Appointment to the J. League Best XI, the Team of the Year
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