Kota Sakurai

Kota Sakurai

Personal information
Full name	Kota Sakurai
Date of birth	May 26, 1999
Place of birth	Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Toronto FC II
Number	38
Youth career
	TFC Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Toronto FC II	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 11, 2016.

Kota Sakurai (born May 26, 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays for Toronto FC II on loan from the TFC Academy.

Career

A product of the TFC Academy, Sakurai regularly featured for the club during their 2016 League1 Ontario campaign.

With a number of Toronto FC II players unavailable for upcoming fixtures, Sakurai was called up to the squad in June 2016.^[1] He made his professional debut on July 2, 2016, appearing for 14 minutes in a 3-0 defeat to Wilmington Hammerheads in the USL.^[2] In doing so, he became the first ever Japanese player to feature competitively Toronto FC II.

References

1. Crawford, Colin (July 2, 2016). "Match Report: Wilmington Hammerheads 3 - 0 TFC II". Toronto FC.
2. "Kota Sakurai". Retrieved 2016-07-03.