Kota Sakurai

Kota Sakurai (born May 26, 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer.

Kota Sakurai
Personal information
Full name Kota Sakurai
Date of birth (1999-05-26) May 26, 1999
Place of birth Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2015–2017 Toronto FC Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Dartmouth Big Green 30 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 40 (3)
2016 Toronto FC II 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 20, 2019

Career

A product of the TFC Academy, Sakurai regularly featured for the club during their League1 Ontario[1][2][3] and Premier Development League[4] campaigns.

With a number of Toronto FC II players unavailable for upcoming fixtures, Sakurai was called up to the squad in June 2016.[5] He made his professional debut on July 2, 2016, appearing for 14 minutes in a 3-0 defeat to Wilmington Hammerheads in the USL.[6] In doing so, he became the first ever Japanese player to feature competitively Toronto FC II.

Sakurai enrolled at Dartmouth College in 2017.[7]

References
  1. "TFC III stats 2016". League1 Ontario.
  2. "TFC III Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
  3. "TFC III Stats 2018". League1 Ontario.
  4. "TFC Academy Stats 2016". USL League Two.
  5. Crawford, Colin (July 2, 2016). "Match Report: Wilmington Hammerheads 3 - 0 TFC II". Toronto FC.
  6. "Kota Sakurai". Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  7. "Kota Sakurai". Retrieved 2019-10-20.


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