| Tomoaki Sano 佐野 友昭 | |
| Fullname: | Tomoaki Sano |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Shizuoka, Japan |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1984–1986 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tokai University Daiichi High School |
| Years1: | 1987–1992 |
| Clubs1: | Nagoya Grampus Eight |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1992 |
| Clubs2: | NKK |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1993–1998 |
| Clubs3: | Avispa Fukuoka |
| Caps3: | 109 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1999 |
| Clubs4: | Sagawa Express Tokyo |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2000 |
| Clubs5: | Mito HollyHock |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 133 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
is a former Japanese football player.
Sano was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 14, 1968. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1987. However, he could not play many matches. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. He moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club NKK during 1992 season but he could not play in a match at all. Later, he moved to JFL club Chuo Bohan (later Avispa Fukuoka) in 1993. He became a regular goalkeeper and the club won the championship in 1995 and was promoted to J1. However, his opportunity to play had started to fall behind newcomer Hideki Tsukamoto as of 1996. In 1999, he moved to Japan Football League club Sagawa Express Tokyo. But once again, he could not play in a match at all. In 2000, after he could not play a match in a recently promoted J2 League club, Mito HollyHock which he signed with, he retired at end of 2000 season.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | |||||||
| 1987/88 | Toyota Motors | JSL Division 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988/89 | JSL Division 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1989/90 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 1990/91 | JSL Division 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1991/92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1992 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | J1 League | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | NKK | Football League | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | Chuo Bohan | Football League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 19 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Fujieda Blux | Football League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 29 | 0 | |
| 1995 | Fukuoka Blux | Football League | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 30 | 0 | |
| 1996 | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1999 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | Football League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Mito HollyHock | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 133 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 0 | |||