Tomoaki Sano

Sano was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 14, 1968. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Toyota Motors (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 Japan Football League (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 Japan Football League 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, Mito HollyHock which he signed with, he retired at end of 2000 season.