Masaaki Sawanobori

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Masaaki Sawanobori
Full name	Masaaki Sawanobori
Date of birth	January 12, 1970 (1970-01-12) (age 38)
Place of birth	Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
1985-1987 1988-1991	Tokai University Fuzoku Daiichi High School Tōkai University
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-2005	Shimizu S-Pulse	381 0(85)
National team
1993-2000	Japan	016 00(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Masaaki Sawanobori (澤登正朗, Sawanobori Masaaki^?, born 12 January 1970 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan) is a retired Japanese football player. A midfielder,he scored 85 goals in 381 matches for Shimizu S-Pulse between 1993 and 2005. He was capped 16 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team. His first international appearance came on April 8, 1993, in a World Cup qualifier against Thailand at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium when he replaced Hajime Moriyasu. His first goal for Japan came on May 7, 1993 in a World Cup qualifier against UAE in Dubai.

Sawanobori was immensely popular at S-Pulse, and having spent his entire career at the club he was affectionately known as Mr S-Pulse. Since his retirement he continues to live in the Shimizu area and now runs a cafe in Shizuoka city centre.