is a former Japanese

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player.

Playing career

Sato was born in

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on 22 November 1972. After graduating from high school, he joined Sumitomo Metal (later ''Kashima Antlers'') in 1991. Although he played many matches in first season, he could hardly play in the match behind Masaaki Furukawa from 1992. His opportunity to play decreased from 1995, the club won the champions 1996 J1 League. In 1997, he became a regular goalkeeper and the club won the champions

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and

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. However he could not play in the match behind

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in 1998. He moved to

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club

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. He played as regular goalkeeper, and the club won the champions in 2000 and was promoted to

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. However the club was relegated to J2 end of 2002 season and his opportunity to play decreased behind Yosuke Fujigaya in 2003. In September 2003, he moved to

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. Although he had no opportunity to play in league competition, at

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, he played all matches and won the champions. He played as regular player in 2004. However the club got Japan national team goalkeeper

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in 2005 and Sato could hardly play in the match from 2005. He announced his retirement in November 2007. However he came back as player until June 2008 because reserve goalkeeper got hurt.

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* * 1972 births Living people Association football people from Miyagi Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Kashima Antlers players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Júbilo Iwata players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub