Yōsuke Saitō
# Yōsuke Saitō

Yosuke Saito (斎藤 陽介, Saitō Yōsuke, born April 7, 1988) is a Japanese former football player who last played for Estonian Meistriliiga club Viljandi Tulevik.

## Club career

### Latvia

Before the start of the 2012 Latvian Higher League season Saito signed a contract with FB Gulbene. Soon after joining he made a great impact, scoring all of his team's goals in the first round of the championship. All in all he scored 9 goals in 14 matches for Gulbene and was the club's leading scorer. In June 2012 Saito went on trial with the Azerbaijan Premier League club Khazar Lankaran, but he wasn't offered a contract then. On July 1, 2012 he signed a contract with the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. Scoring 6 goals in 17 matches for Ventspils, all in all, Saito became the second top-scorer of the Latvian Higher League in 2012 with 15 goals in 31 matches.

### FC Ufa

After the successful season in Ventspils Saito moved to the Russian National Football League club FC Ufa in February 2013.

### Viljandi Tulevik

On 23 February 2018, Saitō signed a contract with Estonian Meistriliiga club Viljandi Tulevik. On 1 May 2018 he left the club due to family reasons.

## Club statistics

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2007 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 2008 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Football League | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 4 |
| Total | | | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 |
