Yuji Sakakura

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Yuji Sakakura
Personal information
Full name	Yuji Sakakura
Date of birth	(1967-06-07) June 7, 1967
Place of birth	Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1983–1985	Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School
1986–1989	Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1994	Furukawa Electric/JEF United Ichihara	65	(1)
1995	Nagoya Grampus Eight	18	(0)
1996–1997	Brummell Sendai	52	(0)
1998	Mind House TC
National team
1990–1991	Japan	6	(0)
Teams managed
2001	Yokohama FC (caretaker manager)
2014–	Tochigi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Yuji Sakakura (阪倉裕二, Yūji Sakakura, born June 7, 1967 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan) is a retired Japanese football player. He was a defender.

Career

He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School and Juntendo University. After finishing the university, he joined Japan Soccer League side Furuawa Electric S.C. (current JEF United Ichihara Chiba). He moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1995, then Japan Football League side Brummell Sendai (current Vegalta Sendai) in 1996. He finished his playing career in 1998 at his home town club Mind House TC, a Tokai Regional League side, after playing for them for one season.

He was capped 6 times without scoring for the Japanese national team between 1990 and 1992.His first full international cap came on July 27, 1990 in a Dynasty Cup match against Korea in Beijing. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup but did not play in the tournament.

He was a coach at Yokohama FC between 1999 and 2004. He briefly served as caretaker manager at the club after Yoshikazu Nagai was sacked in 2001. He coached Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s U-18 team from 2005 to 2007. He is now a coach at Tochigi S.C.. (As of June 2008)

Club career 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
1990/91	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	20	0			5	0	25	0
1991/92	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	12	1			1	0	13	1
1992	JEF United Ichihara	J. League 1	-				9	0	9	0
1993			25	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
1994			8	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
1995	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J. League 1	18	0	0	0	-		18	0
1996	Brummell Sendai	Football League	26	0	3	0	-		29	0
1997	Brummell Sendai	Football League	26	0	2	0	5	0	33	0
Country	Japan		135	1	5	0	22	0	162	1
Total			135	1	5	0	22	0	162	1

International career statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	5	0
1991	1	0
Total	6	0

Honors and awards

Team Honors

1992 Asian Cup (Champions)

References

↑ Yuji Sakakura at National-Football-Teams.com

Yuji Sakakura at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Japan squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup

1 Tsuchida 3 Horiike 4 Taguchi 5 Sakakura 6 Motoyoshi 7 Ihara 8 Otake 9 Shirasawa 10 Oenoki 11 Ikenoue 12 Nakayama 13 Kurosaki 14 Noda 15 Minoguchi 16 Maeda 18 Matsuyama 19 Sanada 20 Takagi Coach: Yokoyama

v t e Japan squad – 1992 AFC Asian Cup Champions (1st Title)

1 Matsunaga 2 Otake 3 Katsuya 4 Horiike 5 Hashiratani 6 Tsunami 7 Ihara 8 Fukuda 9 Takeda 10 Ramos 11 Miura 12 Yamada 13 Sakakura 14 Kitazawa 15 Yoshida 16 Nakayama 17 Moriyasu 18 Jinno 19 Maekawa 20 Takagi Coach: Ooft

v t e Yokohama F.C. – managers

Littbarski (1999–00) Nagai (2001) Sakakura (2001) Shinto (2001–02) Littbarski (2003–04) Adachi (2005–06) Takagi (2006–07) Júlio Leal (2007) Tsunami (2008) Higuchi (2009) Kishino (2010–12) Yamaguchi (2012–)

v t e Tochigi S.C. – managers

Matsuda (2009–2013) Matsumoto (2013) Sakakura (2014–)

v t e Tochigi S.C. – current squad

1 Shibasaki 2 Nishizawa 5 Cha 6 Toma 8 Hirose 10 Tagagi 12 Supporters 14 Kan 16 Sugimoto 17 Yamagata 18 Katsumata 19 Akai 20 Yuzawa 21 Suzuki 22 Harada 25 Onodera 26 Nakano 28 Kikuoka 32 Kondo 37 Enomoto 38 Kukino Sakata Nakami Manager: Sakakura

Persondata
Name	Sakakura, Yuji
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	June 7, 1967
Place of birth	Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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