Hideki Sahara
佐原 秀樹
Personal information
Full name Hideki Sahara
Date of birth (1978-05-15) May 15, 1978
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1996 Toko Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2010 Kawasaki Frontale 140 (3)
1997Grêmio (loan)
2008–2009FC Tokyo (loan) 35 (2)
Total 175 (5)
Medal record
Kawasaki Frontale
Runner-upJ1 League2006
Runner-upJ.League Cup2000
Runner-upJ.League Cup2007
FC Tokyo
WinnerJ.League Cup2009
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hideki Sahara (佐原 秀樹, Sahara Hideki, born May 15, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Sahara was born in Yokohama on May 15, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Kawasaki Frontale in 1997. He debuted and played many matches in 1998 and the club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. In 1999, he became a regular player as center back of three backs defense with Tetsuo Nakanishi and Takumi Morikawa. The club also won the champions and was promoted to J1 League from 2000. In early 2000, although he played as regular player, he got hurt and could not play at all in the match for about 2 seasons. The club was also relegated to J2 from 2001. Although he came back in 2002, he could not play many matches behind Hiroki Ito, Yoshinobu Minowa and Kazunari Okayama. From 2004, although he was 4th defender behind Ito Minowa and Shuhei Terada, he played many matches and the club won the champions and was promoted to J1 from 2005. In 2007, he moved to FC Tokyo on loan. He played many matches as center back in 2008. Although he could not play many matches for injury in 2009, the club won the champions 2009 J.League Cup by defeating Kawasaki Frontale at Final. In 2010, he returned to Kawasaki Frontale and retired end of 2010 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1997Kawasaki FrontaleFootball League0000--00
19981401030-180
1999J2 League2812020-321
2000J1 League500000-50
2001J2 League000000-00
200213120--151
20030000--00
200422110--231
2005J1 League2301030-270
20061501060-220
2007130002020170
2008FC TokyoJ1 League2824020-342
2009705031-151
2010Kawasaki FrontaleJ1 League7010100090
Career total 1755161240202176

References

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