| Keita Saito 齋藤 恵太 | |
| Fullname: | Keita Saito |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Yamamoto, Miyagi, Japan |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Fagiano Okayama |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sendai University |
| Years1: | 2015 |
| Caps1: | 28 |
| Goals1: | 8 |
| Clubs1: | Fukushima United FC |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps2: | 37 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Clubs2: | Roasso Kumamoto |
| Years3: | 2017–2019 |
| Caps3: | 22 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Clubs3: | Mito HollyHock |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Clubs4: | → Nagano Parceiro (loan) |
| Years5: | 2020–24 |
| Caps5: | 130 |
| Goals5: | 15 |
| Clubs5: | Blaublitz Akita |
| Club-Update: | 6 July 2024 @ 11:22AM(AEST) |
| Years6: | 2024- |
| Clubs6: | Fagiano Okayama |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Blaublitz Akita.[1]
Saito joined J3 League club Fukushima United FC in 2015. On 8 November 2015, he netted a hat-trick, the first of his career, in a 3–0 win over J.League U-22 Selection.[2] In 2016, he moved to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto.[3] He is one of the fastest players in Japan as he is able to reach speeds of 36 km/h.[4]
Updated 2 December 2022.[5] [6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2015 | Fukushima United FC | J3 League | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
| 2016 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Mito HollyHock | 12 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Nagano Parceiro | J3 League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Blaublitz Akita | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | J2 League | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 207 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 24 | |||