Tsubasa Sano

Tsubasa Sano
佐野 翼
Personal information
Full name Tsubasa Sano
Date of birth (1994-10-18) October 18, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Criacao Shinjuku
Number 33
Youth career
2010–2012 Shimizu Commercial High School
2013–2016 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Albirex Niigata (S) 21 (26)
2018–2019 Roasso Kumamoto 32 (4)
2020–2022 Nagano Parceiro 62 (9)
2023– Criacao Shinjuku 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022, 18:22 (UTC)

Tsubasa Sano (佐野 翼, Sano Tsubasa, born August 26, 1994 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese footballer. He is a forward, who plays for Criacao Shinjuku from 2023.

Personal life

He was educated at and played for Shimizu Commercial High School & Juntendo University before moving to Singapore after his graduation in 2017.[1]

Club career

Albirex Niigata Singapore

Tsubasa signed his first professional contract with Albirex Niigata Singapore FC, a satellite team of J.League side Albirex Niigata, playing in the top tier of football in Singapore, the S.League.

He made his competitive debut in the 2017 Singapore Community Shield, which doubled up as the first league game of the season, against Tampines Rovers FC. Although he missed glaring chances in the game, he managed to win his first piece of silverware as the White Swans came out 2-1 winners in an ill-tempered match.[2]

He scored his first goals for the club in a 5-0 demolition of the Garena Young Lions in match day 2 of the 2017 S.League season, bringing his tally to 2 goals in 2 games.[3] He scored another brace in a 2-0 win over Hougang United FC, bringing his tally for the season to 5 goals in 5 games and helping his team to the top of the table.[4][5] Tsubasa scored his 7th and 8th goals in the next match, helping Albirex to the top of the table and condemning Warriors FC to their first defeat of the season.[6]

It proved to be a good season for Sano and the White Swans as the Japanese satellite club swept all four pieces of silverware on offer in Singapore for a second consecutive year.[7] Sano proved to be very influential, scoring 26 league goals to finish as the 2017 S.League top scorer as well as scoring a goal in the 2017 Singapore Cup final to help Albirex secure their fourth piece of silverware of 2017.[7] In total, he had 31 goals in all competitions.[8]

Roasso Kumamoto

After his breakthrough season in the S.League, Sano secured a move to J2 League side Roasso Kumamoto.[8]

Nagano Parceiro

In 2020, Sano officially joined J3 club Nagano Parceiro. He left the club in the end of the 2022 season, after two seasons at the club.[9]

Criacao Shinjuku

In 2023, Sano officially joined to JFL club Criacao Shinjuku.[10]

Club career statistics

As of the end of the 2022 season.[11][12]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Singapore League Singapore Cup League Cup Total
2017 Albirex Niigata FC (S) S.League 21 26 3 1 5 3 29 30
Total
Singapore 21 26 3 1 5 3 29 30
Japan League Cup League Cup Total
2018 Roasso Kumamoto J2 League 9 0 1 0 – 10 0
2019 J3 League 23 4 2 0 – 25 4
Total
Japan 32 4 3 0 – 35 4
2020 AC Nagano Parceiro J3 League 32 7 0 0 – 32 7
2021 16 2 1 1 – 17 3
2022 14 0 0 0 – 14 0
Total
Japan 62 9 1 1 – 63 10
2023 Criacao Shinjuku Japan Football League 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total
Japan 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Career total 115 39 7 2 5 3 127 44

Honours

Club

Albirex Niigata Singapore

  • S.League: 2017
  • Singapore Cup: 2017
  • Singapore League Cup: 2017
  • Singapore Community Shield: 2017

Individual

  • S.League Top Scorer: 2017

References

  1. ^ "Contract with Tsubasa SANO".
  2. ^ "Albirex wins Community Shield". The New Paper. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  3. ^ "S.League.com - Albirex Niigata FC S". www.sleague.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  4. ^ "S.League.com - Balestier Khalsa FC". www.sleague.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  5. ^ "S.League.com - Albirex Niigata FC S". www.sleague.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  6. ^ "S.league Good and Bad: Gritty Protectors, graceful Swans and highlights galore". FourFourTwo. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  7. ^ a b "FFT'S S.League XI of 2017: Who makes the cut?". FourFourTwo. 2017-11-22. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  8. ^ a b "Albirex hotshot Sano completes transfer to Japan". FourFourTwo. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  9. ^ "佐野翼選手 契約満了および移籍先決定のお知らせ" (Press release). AC長野パルセイロ. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  10. ^ "J3 AC長野パルセイロより 佐野翼選手加入のお知らせ" (Press release). クリアソン新宿. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  11. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 245 out of 289)
  12. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 236 out of 289)