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player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sakiya was born in

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on December 1, 1950. After graduating from high school, he joined

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(later ''Nippon Steel'') in 1969. He retired in 1981. He played 193 games and scored 48 goals in the league.

National team career

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. He played 3 games for Japan until 1972.Japan National Football Team Database
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National team statistics

Awards

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Fighting Spirit:

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References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
1950 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players Nippon Steel Yawata SC players Men's association football forwards Association football people from Hiroshima 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-stub