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

Hideki Sahara
佐原 秀樹
Personal information
Full name Hideki Sahara
Date of birth (1978-05-15) May 15, 1978 (age 46)
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-up J1 League 2006
Runner-up J.League Cup 2000
Runner-up J.League Cup 2007
FC Tokyo
Winner J.League Cup 2009
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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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 was 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 returned 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

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1997 Kawasaki Frontale Football League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
1998 14 0 1 0 3 0 - 18 0
1999 J2 League 28 1 2 0 2 0 - 32 1
2000 J1 League 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0
2001 J2 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2002 13 1 2 0 - - 15 1
2003 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2004 22 1 1 0 - - 23 1
2005 J1 League 23 0 1 0 3 0 - 27 0
2006 15 0 1 0 6 0 - 22 0
2007 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17 0
2008 FC Tokyo J1 League 28 2 4 0 2 0 - 34 2
2009 7 0 5 0 3 1 - 15 1
2010 Kawasaki Frontale J1 League 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Career total 175 5 16 1 24 0 2 0 217 6

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