What is Gotoku Sakai?
{{Infobox football biography |name=Gotoku Sakai |image=Gotoku Sakai 2018 (cropped).jpg |image_size=200 |caption=Sakai at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 World Cup]] |fullname=Gotoku Sakai |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1991|3|14}} |birth_place=[[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.76}} |position=[[Defender (football)|Defender]] |currentclub=[[Vissel Kobe]] |clubnumber= |youthyears1=2006–2008|youthclubs1=[[Albirex Niigata]] |years1=2008–2011|clubs1=[[Albirex Niigata]]|caps1=74|goals1=1 |years2=2012–2015|clubs2=[[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]|caps2=87|goals2=1 |years3=2015–2019|clubs3=[[Hamburger SV]]|caps3=114|goals3=1 |years4=2019–|clubs4=[[Vissel Kobe]]|caps4=44|goals4=1 |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=2012|nationalteam1=[[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]|nationalcaps1=4|nationalgoals1=0 |nationalyears2=2012–2018|nationalteam2=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps2=42|nationalgoals2=0 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= |club-update=end of the 2020 season |nationalteam-update= }} {{Nihongo|'''Gotoku Sakai'''|酒井 高徳|Sakai Gotoku|born March 14, 1991}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]. His brothers [[Noriyoshi Sakai]] and [[Goson Sakai]] are also footballers. ==Biography== Sakai was born in [[Niigata Prefecture]] on March 14, 1991.He joined [[J1 League]] club [[Albirex Niigata]] from their youth team in 2008. he played many matches from 2009. In January 2012, he moved to German [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] club [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]. He played 87 matches for the club in 4 seasons. In summer 2015, he moved to [[Hamburger SV]]. Although he played many matches for the club, the club was relegated to [[2. Bundesliga]] first time in the club history end of the 2017/18 season. In summer 2019, he returned to Japan and joined [[Vissel Kobe]]. Kobe won the champions in the 2019 [[Emperor's Cup]] which is first major t