is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Sano was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 14, 1968. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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(later ''Nagoya Grampus Eight'') in 1987. However, he could not play many matches. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. He moved to

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(JFL) club NKK during 1992 season but he could not play in a match at all. Later, he moved to JFL club Chuo Bohan (later ''Avispa Fukuoka'') in 1993. He became a regular goalkeeper and the club won the championship in 1995 and was promoted to J1. However, his opportunity to play had started to fall behind newcomer Hideki Tsukamoto as of 1996. In 1999, he moved to

club Sagawa Express Tokyo. But once again, he could not play in a match at all. In 2000, after he could not play a match in a recently promoted J2 League club,

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which he signed with, he retired at end of 2000 season.

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* 1968 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Japan Football League players Nagoya Grampus players NKK SC players Avispa Fukuoka players Sagawa Shiga FC players Mito HollyHock players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub