SATO Daisuke

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championship
6	Men	2014	Tokyo, JPN
8	Men	2010	Hereford, GBR

Athlete, Public Servant

Japanese

Tama Hassas [Japan]

Satoshi Takada [national], JPN

Goalkeeper (b-soccer.jp, 29 Jun 2021)

He began playing as a goalkeeper in grade one of primary school. He started playing Para football 5-a-side in 2007. (Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 16 Mar 2018; web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

His coach told him that he would be appointed team captain if he played as a goalkeeper, so he accepted the offer. He quit football in order to become a teacher, but became interested in Para football 5-a-side after watching the sport on television and learning the goalkeepers were able-bodied footballers. "At that time, I wanted to play the sport again." (Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 16 Mar 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 16 Mar 2018; nhk.or.jp, 19 Apr 2020)

Japanese goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi. (web.gekisaka.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

Coach Satoshi Takada. (Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 16 Mar 2018)