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The result was keep. J04n(talk page) 10:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reiji Sato[edit]

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Player has not debuted in the first division and has only appeared in cup games, violates WP:NFOOTBALL. GoPurple 'n Gold₂₄ 08:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NFOOTBALL. Ducknish (talk) 23:13, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NFOOTY. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 07:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - He has not played in a fully pro league or received significant coverage, meaning the article does not meet WP:NSPORT and WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 15:24, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Lets not be hypocrites here. We have created player pages for guys who have only played in cups before so why make this an exception. Sato has played for his club in the top domestic cup in Mexico and he has even scored a goal against a 2nd Division club from Mexico and the 2nd Division in Mexico is fully-pro. Thus he is notable. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 20:33, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As written, WP:NFOOTBALL does not explicitly state that cup games are not eligible for consideration. I can understand not making them the only consideration when the player is playing for a team in a non-professional league that participates in a larger cup competition, but why are cup games ineligible when the player is definitely on a professional league team squad and playing against another fully professional team (his most recent match was against Querétaro FC, a top division team)? Sato is also the first Japanese player to play a match for a Mexican top division team (and he has played in four matches so far, all cup games). That itself has generated some news in Japan. I have added two Japanese news articles as references. As for satisfying WP:GNG, beyond the articles already cited in English and Japanese, there are a number in Spanish: [1], [2], [3], etc. Michitaro (talk) 21:30, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - even if it was stated that playing only in cups does not establish notability (but the consensus here appears to be that playing in cups can establish notability), the fact that he received coverage in Japan means he passes WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:32, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there is a long-standing consensus that playing in a cup-match between two teams from fully pro leagues passes WP:NFOOTY. Also looks like it passes the WP:GNG with Japanese sources. Mentoz86 (talk) 13:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. – SJ + 02:08, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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