Toru Sano

Toru Sano
Personal information
Full name	Toru Sano
Date of birth	November 15, 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1979–1981	Shimizu Commercial High School
1982–1985	Hosei University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1992	Yokohama Marinos
Total
National team
1988–1990	Japan
Teams managed
2009	Thespa Kusatsu
2010–2012	V-Varen Nagasaki
2013–2015	Saurcos Fukui
2016–2017	Verspah Oita
Honours
Yokohama Marinos
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Toru Sano (佐野達, Sano Toru, born November 15, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Sano was born in Shizuoka on November 15, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1986. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He could not play in the match much for injury from 1990. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. However, he retired end of 1992 without playing in J1 League.

National team career[change | change source]

On January 27, 1988, Sano debuted for the Japan national team against United Arab Emirates. He played full-time in all matches in 1988. He also played at 1990 Asian Games. He played 9 games for Japan until 1990.

After retirement, Sano coached at Yokohama Marinos (1993–96), Yokohama Flügels (1997-98) and Kyoto Purple Sanga (1999-03). He signed with J2 League club Thespa Kusatsu in 2005 and became a manager in 2009. In 2010, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club V-Varen Nagasaki. In 2012 season, however the club won the champions and was promoted to J2 League, he resigned end of the season. In 2013, he signed with Regional Leagues club Saurcos Fukui. He moved to JFL club Verspah Oita in 2016. He resigned in 2017.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			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
1986/87	Nissan Motors	JSL Division 1	22	0					22	0
1987/88			22	1					22	1
1988/89			18	0			2	0	20	0
1989/90			15	0			1	0	16	0
1990/91			2	0			4	0	6	0
1991/92			0	0			0	0	0	0
1992	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	-		0	0	0	0	0	0
Country	Japan		79	1	0	0	7	0	86	1
Total			79	1	0	0	7	0	86	1