| Noriyoshi Sakai 酒井 宣福 | |
| Full Name: | Noriyoshi Sakai |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Sanjō, Niigata, Japan |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Winger, forward, right back |
| Currentclub: | Renofa Yamaguchi on loan from Nagoya Grampus until January 31st 2025 |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Teikyo Nagaoka High School |
| Years1: | 2011–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Albirex Niigata |
| Caps1: | 44 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Avispa Fukuoka (loan) |
| Caps2: | 82 |
| Goals2: | 17 |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Fagiano Okayama (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Omiya Ardija |
| Caps4: | 67 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Clubs5: | Sagan Tosu |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Caps5: | 34 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Clubs6: | Nagoya Grampus |
| Years6: | 2022–2024 |
| Caps6: | 56 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 16 July 2024 @ 15:14(AEST) |
| Years7: | 2024- |
| Clubs7: | Renofa Yamaguchi (Loan) |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for J.League club Nagoya Grampus. A versatile midfielder, Sakai can play in many different positions, although left wing is his preferred position.
He is the younger brother of current Vissel Kobe player and former Albirex Niigata teammate Gotoku Sakai.
On 2 November 2010, Sakai signed for J. League club Albirex Niigata.[1] He made his J. League debut on 7 May 2011, coming on as a substitute for Yoshiyuki Kobayashi against Omiya Ardija.[2]
Sakai is the younger brother of Gōtoku Sakai who is currently playing for J1 League club Vissel Kobe while his youngest brother, Goson Sakai who is also a professional footballer who last played for German club, FV Illertissen.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Albirex Niigata | 2011 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Avispa Fukuoka (loan) | 2014 | J2 League | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 7 | |||
| 2015 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | 44 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 17 | |||
| Fagiano Okayama (loan) | 2016 | J2 League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Omiya Ardija | 2018 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |||
| 2019 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 5 | |||
| Sagan Tosu | 2021 | J1 League | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 34 | 8 | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 210 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 244 | 32 | |||