Saizo Saito

Saizo Saito
斎藤才三
Personal information
Full name	Saizo Saito
Date of birth	September 24, 1908
Place of birth	Osaka, Empire of Japan
Date of death	2004 (aged 95–96)
Place of death	Japan
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Kwangaku Club
International career
1930	Japan
Medal record
Kwangaku Club
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saizo Saito (斎藤才三, Saitō Saizō, September 24, 1908 – 2004) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Saito was born in Osaka Prefecture on September 24, 1908. He played for Kwangaku Club was consisted of his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University players and graduates. At the club, he won 1929 Emperor's Cup with Yukio Goto, Hideo Sakai and so on.

In May 1930, when Saito was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo and Japan won the championship. At this competition, on May 25, he debuted against Philippines. On May 29, he also played against Republic of China. He played 2 games for Japan in 1930.^[1]

After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, Saito retired playing career and want to England and studied football at University of Bristol. In 1933, he joined Osaka Mainichi Shimbun and he was engaged in the management and reporting of All Japan High School Soccer Tournament until 1940.^[2] After that, he worked at Hino Motors and some affiliates until 1989. He also served as the president at some Hino Motors affiliates.

Saito died in 2004.^[3]