18 years old and 237 days! Sato Ryunosuke set the record for the youngest appearance in the final stage of the World Cup qualifiers in Japan

1BSPORTS 1B Sports June 10th The round of 18 ended, with the Japanese team fighting against the Indonesian team at home. In the 69th minute of the game, 18-year-old young player Ryunosuke Sato came on as a substitute and made his first appearance in the Japanese national team.

According to Japanese media Sponichi, Sato Ryunosuke broke the youngest record for the Japanese international in the final stage of the World Cup qualifiers at 18 years and 237 days. The previous record was maintained by Shinji Kagawa, who played for the first time in the final stage of the World Cup qualifiers for the Japanese team at 19 years and 212 days.

Sato Ryunosuke played 14 J1 league games for Okayama Green Pheasant this season, scoring 4 goals and assisting 1 time.

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