Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大, Katō Nobuhiro, born 11 December 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
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| Full name | Nobuhiro Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ageo, Saitama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Urawa Reds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2014 | Urawa Reds | 85 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Omiya Ardija | 77 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 177 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 2018 season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career edit
Kato was born in Ageo on 11 December 1984. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from youth team in 2003. Although Reds won the many title 2006 J1 League, 2007 AFC Champions League and so on, he could hardly play in the match behind Ryota Tsuzuki and Norihiro Yamagishi until 2010. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2011 and Reds won the 2nd place in 2011 and 2013 J.League Cup. However he lost his regular position behind Shusaku Nishikawa in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Saitama's cross town rivals, Omiya Ardija in J2 League. He played as regular goalkeeper and Ardija was promoted to J1 end of 2015 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2016, he played many matches while battling with Hitoshi Shiota for the position. However Ardija finished at the bottom place in 2017 season and was relegated to J2. He could not play at all in the match behind Takashi Kasahara in 2018. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.[2]
Club statistics edit
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Urawa Reds | 2003 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | J1 League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | J1 League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | J1 League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 2014 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 85 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | ||
| Omiya Ardija | 2015 | J2 League | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | J1 League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | J1 League | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 77 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Kyoto Sanga FC | 2019 | J2 League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 177 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 221 | 0 | ||
Honours edit
Club edit
- Urawa Reds
- J1 League: 1
- J.League Cup: 1
- Omiya Ardija
- J2 League: 1
References edit
- ^ Nobuhiro Kato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
- ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 40 out of 289)
- ^ Japan - Nobuhiro Kato - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2020 Nobuhiro Kato Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
External links edit
- Nobuhiro Kato – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nobuhiro Kato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Omiya Ardija
- (in Japanese) Yahoo! Sports Profile
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