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{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Toshihide Saito<br/>斉藤 俊秀
| image =
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| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|4|20}}
| birth_place = [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1989–1991
| youthclubs1 = [[Shimizu Higashi High School]]
| collegeyears1 = 1992–1995
| college1 = [[Waseda University]]
| years1 = 1996–2006
| clubs1 = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| caps1 = 244
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2007–2008
| clubs2 = [[Shonan Bellmare]]
| caps2 = 84
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2009–2013
| clubs3 = [[Fujieda MYFC]]
| caps3 = 57
| goals3 = 6
| totalcaps = 385
| totalgoals = 26
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2010–2013
| managerclubs1 = [[Fujieda MYFC]] (player/manager)
| manageryears2 = 2014–2017
| managerclubs2 = [[Japan national under-17 football team|Japan U17]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears3 = 2018–
| managerclubs3 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]] (assistant coach)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[1999 J.League Division 1|1999]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[1996 J.League Cup|1996]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2001 Emperor's Cup|2001]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1998 Emperor's Cup|1998]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2000 Emperor's Cup|2000]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2005 Emperor's Cup|2005]]}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Toshihide Saito'''|斉藤 俊秀|Saitō Toshihide|born April 20, 1973}} is a Japanese former [[association football|football]] player and manager. He currently works as an assistant coach for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Club career==
Saito was born in [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]] on April 20, 1973. After graduating from [[Waseda University]], he joined his local club [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] in 1996. He played as regular player from first season. At [[1996 J.League Cup]], the club won the champions and he was selected New Hero awards. End of 1996 season, he was also selected J.League Rookie of the Year awards. The club also won the 2nd place at [[1998 Emperor's Cup]] and [[1999 J.League Division 1|1999 J1 League]], he was also selected Best Eleven in 1999. In 2000s, the club won [[1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] and [[2001 Emperor's Cup]]. In 2006, he moved to [[J2 League]] club [[Shonan Bellmare]] and played in two seasons. In 2009, he was appointed playing manager of Prefectural Leagues side [[Fujieda MYFC]].<ref>[http://myfc.co.jp/?p=3728 Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC]</ref> After promotion to the [[Japan Football League]] in 2011<ref>[http://vinciperosaka.com/myfc.html Fujieda club history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011034/http://vinciperosaka.com/myfc.html |date=2013-12-03 }}</ref> and acceptance into [[J3 League]] for the 2014 season, Saito decided to leave the club.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131129182223/http://followingfujieda.com/2013/11/29/toshihide-saito-leaves-fujieda-myfc/ Toshihide Saito leaves Fujieda MYFC]}}</ref>

==International career==
Saito was capped 17 times for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] between 1996 and 1999.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/saito_toshihide.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref> His first international appearance came on August 25, 1996, in a friendly against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] at [[Yanmar Stadium Nagai|Osaka Nagai Stadium]]. He was an unused substitute at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. He also played at [[1999 Copa América]].

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J.League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|[[1996 Shimizu S-Pulse season|1996]]
|rowspan="11"|[[J1 League]]
|29||2||3||0||16||0||48||2
|-
|[[1997 Shimizu S-Pulse season|1997]]
|22||2||3||0||0||0||25||2
|-
|[[1998 Shimizu S-Pulse season|1998]]
|33||0||5||0||1||0||39||0
|-
|[[1999 Shimizu S-Pulse season|1999]]
|28||3||3||0||4||0||35||3
|-
|[[2000 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2000]]
|28||3||5||0||6||0||39||3
|-
|[[2001 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2001]]
|20||1||0||0||2||0||22||1
|-
|[[2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2002]]
|20||1||2||0||1||0||23||1
|-
|[[2003 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2003]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[2004 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2004]]
|26||3||1||0||6||0||33||3
|-
|[[2005 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2005]]
|28||0||0||0||7||1||35||1
|-
|[[2006 Shimizu S-Pulse season|2006]]
|8||1||0||0||3||0||11||1
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Shonan Bellmare]]
|[[2007 Shonan Bellmare season|2007]]
|rowspan="2"|[[J2 League]]
|46||4||2||0||colspan="2"|—||48||4
|-
|[[2008 Shonan Bellmare season|2008]]
|38||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||39||0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Fujieda MYFC]]
|2009
|[[Japanese Prefectural Leagues|Prefectural Leagues]]
|11||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||3
|-
|[[2010 Japanese Regional Leagues|2010]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Japanese Regional Leagues|Regional Leagues]]
|15||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||2
|-
|[[2011 Japanese Regional Leagues|2011]]
|5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
|[[2012 Japan Football League|2012]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Japan Football League|Football League]]
|11||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|[[2013 Japan Football League|2013]]
|15||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||16||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!385!!26!!28!!0!!46!!1!!459!!27
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[1996 Japan national football team|1996]]||2||0
|-
|[[1997 Japan national football team|1997]]||7||0
|-
|[[1998 Japan national football team|1998]]||4||0
|-
|[[1999 Japan national football team|1999]]||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!17!!0
|}

==Honors==

* [[Emperor's Cup]]: 2001
* [[J - League Cup]]: 1996
* [[Japanese Super Cup]]: 2001, 2002
* [[Asian Cup Winner's Cup]]: 2000



'''Individual'''
* [[J.League Rookie of the Year]]: [[1996 J.League|1996]]
* [[J.League Best XI]]: [[1999 J.League Division 1|1999]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIFA player|156061}}
*{{NFT player|10740}}
*[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/saito_toshihide.html Japan National Football Team Database]
*{{J.League player|2250}}

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{{Japan squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}}
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{{Fujieda MYFC managers}}

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[[Category:Waseda University alumni]]
[[Category:Japanese men's footballers]]
[[Category:J1 League players]]
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[[Category:Shonan Bellmare players]]
[[Category:Fujieda MYFC players]]
[[Category:Japan men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1996 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1999 Copa América players]]
[[Category:Japanese football managers]]
[[Category:Fujieda MYFC managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Association football people from Shizuoka (city)]]


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