Back Hiroki Sakai Afrikaans هيروكي ساكاي Arabic هيروكى ساكاى ARZ Hiroki Sakai AST Hiroki Sakay Azerbaijani هیروکی ساکای AZB Хірокі Сакаі Byelorussian Хироки Сакаи Bulgarian হিরোকি সাকাই Bengali/Bangla Hiroki Sakai Catalan
 Sakai lining up for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hiroki Sakai[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1990 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kashiwa, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Auckland FC | |||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Mogi Mirim | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Kashiwa Reysol | 51 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Hannover 96 | 92 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Marseille | 145 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 69 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Auckland FC | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Japan U23 | 21 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Japan Olympic (O.P.) | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2022 | Japan | 74 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Hiroki Sakai (酒井 宏樹, Sakai Hiroki, born 12 April 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a Right back and the inaugural captain for A-League club Auckland FC.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2018. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.