G. Sakai
DEF🇯🇵35 years old·born 14 Mar 1991
176 cm · 74 kg · born New York, USA
Rank #2,966·384 matches tracked
Playing style
AttackingTackles + int. /90
3.42
85th pct
Duels won
55%
40th pct
Blocks /90
0.18
29th pct
Passes /90
42.17
54th pct
Fouls /90
0.55
17th pct
Goals + assists /90
0.10
Latest· 18 Oct 2026
89' vs Fagiano Okayama — a strong performance.
Fagiano Okayama 0–3 Vissel Kobe (win) · Rating 7.28 · Elo +31 · 3 tackles · 3 intercept. · 4/7 duels
Form — EAR = Elo Above Replacement, football's version of baseball's WAR (Wins Above Replacement). Every rated match scores a player against the average performance for their position: better adds to EAR, worse subtracts. EAR180 adds up the last 180 days (current form); EAR career adds up every rated match. Our predictions add EAR180 to a player's Elo, about 37 Elo points per EAR point. Each bar is the EAR180 going into that match: green above the position average, red below. A gap means no rated match in that window. (180 days)
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−136Park Il-Gyu1708
in 9 matches · Yokohama F. Marinos
−112Y. Komai1543
in 9 matches · Yokohama FC
−94S. Tanaka1733
in 10 matches · Cerezo Osaka
−87T. Kanamori1573
in 10 matches · Melbourne City
−86Diego Pituca1568
in 7 matches · V-varen Nagasaki
Nemeses
+158S. Kagawa1372
in 12 matches · Cerezo Osaka
+151C. Pulišić2278
in 5 matches · Borussia Dortmund
+150T. Koga1811
in 11 matches · Kashiwa Reysol
+145K. Funaki1639
in 6 matches · Cerezo Osaka
+139M. Morishige1397
in 12 matches · FC Tokyo
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −88
in 9 matches · Kawasaki Frontale
- −72
Michael Petrović1680
in 9 matches · Consadole Sapporo
- −56
Kim Myung Hwi1656
in 6 matches · Avispa Fukuoka
- −45
Kenta Kawai1551
in 5 matches · Sagan Tosu
- −39
Toru Oniki1979
in 14 matches · Kashima
Nemesis coaches
- +94
in 6 matches · Kashiwa Reysol
- +73
Masami Ihara1601
in 3 matches · Kashiwa Reysol
- +72
Takashi Kiyama1739
in 5 matches · Fagiano Okayama
- +51
Niko Kovač2389
in 3 matches · Eintracht Frankfurt
- +51
Peter Cklamovski1820
in 3 matches · FC Tokyo
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2019Hamburger SV→Vissel Kobe
- 2015VfB Stuttgart→Hamburger SV€ 700K
- 2013Albirex Niigata→VfB Stuttgart€ 1.2M
- 2012Albirex Niigata→VfB StuttgartLoan