1977 - Today
Ryuji Sato (佐藤 隆治, Satō Ryūji, born 16 April 1977) is an international football referee from Japan. He has refereed many matches in the AFC Champions League and FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He is also a referee in J. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryuji Sato has received more than 150,444 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ryuji Sato is the 54th most popular referee (up from 90th in 2019), the 1,627th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,948th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Referee.
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Among referees, Ryuji Sato ranks 54 out of 107. Before him are Clément Turpin, Ovidiu Hațegan, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Deniz Aytekin, Sergei Karasev, and Toru Kamikawa. After him are Khalil Al Ghamdi, Martin Atkinson, Szymon Marciniak, Martin Hansson, Graham Poll, and Nawaf Shukralla.
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 48
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 49
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 50
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 51
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 52
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 53
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 54
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 55
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 56
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 57
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 58
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 59
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1977, Ryuji Sato ranks 263. Before him are Martin Laursen, Lee Young-pyo, Manolo Cardona, Daniel Espinosa, Ida Corr, and Jérôme Kerviel. After him are Bree Turner, Jon Abrahams, Naoki Matsuda, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Johann Urb, and Fiona Apple.
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 257
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 258
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 259
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 260
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 261
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 262
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 263
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 264
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 265
1977 - 2011
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 266
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 267
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 268
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 269
Among people born in Japan, Ryuji Sato ranks 1,627 out of 6,048. Before him are Hitoshi Saito (1961), Tomoko Kawakami (1970), Yuko Oita (1969), Bunji Kimura (1944), Toru Kamikawa (1963), and Katsuyoshi Shinto (1960). After him are Nisio Isin (1981), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Wakana Yamazaki (1965), Fumiko Orikasa (1974), Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964), and Naoki Matsuda (1977).
1961 - 2015
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 1,621
1970 - 2011
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 1,622
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 1,623
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 1,624
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 1,625
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 1,626
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 1,627
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 1,628
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 1,629
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 1,630
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 1,631
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 1,632
1977 - 2011
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 1,633
Among referees born in Japan, Ryuji Sato ranks 3. Before him are Yuichi Nishimura (1972) and Toru Kamikawa (1963).
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 2
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 3