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D. Sasaki

Solid contributorVissel Kobe · 26 yrs

Profile

Full nameDaiju Sasaki
PositionWinger
NationalityJapan
Age26
Date of birth17 Sept 1999
BirthplaceHamada-shi
Height180 cm
Shirt number#13
ClubVissel Kobe
Wingeralso played FWD
31
Appearances
5
Goals
7
Assists
2227
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Vissel Kobe.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
J1 League315722277.19
AFC Champions League Elite9127316.67
Super Cup100647.09

Scout report

Solid contributorCreative Winger

D. Sasaki is a 26-year-old winger at Vissel Kobe, rated 50.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 36th of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (65.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.49 goal contributions per 90 (0.2 goals, 0.28 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sasaki.

Judged on this season alone, Sasaki graded 33 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 21 wingers in the J1 League, on 5 goals and 7 assists in 31 appearances (0.485 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 26 → 33). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, top 5% of the 21 wingers in the J1 League. At 26 Sasaki is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.8 reflects that trajectory.

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Sasaki is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24
Current potentialTop 5% wingers · J1 LeagueCurrent seasonTop 10% wingers · J1 League2nd-best winger in the J1 League36th in the J1 League · potential1st-highest potential winger in the J1 League
50.2
Ratingi
1st of 21 wingers
32.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
65.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.49
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Vissel Kobe finished 5th of 20 · an upper-table side

5
Goals
7
Assists
12
G+A
0.16
Goals / app

5 goals in 31 appearances (0.16 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 7 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.39 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 65.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.49 goal contributions per 90 (0.2 goals, 0.28 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 50.2, Sasaki carries the 1st-highest potential of the wingers in the J1 League (top 5%). In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.49 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.