Akiko Sudo

Akiko Sudo
須藤 安紀子
Personal information
Full name Akiko Sudo
Date of birth (1984-04-07) April 7, 1984
Place of birth Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2013 Nippon TV Beleza 156 (15)
Total 156 (15)
National team
2002 Japan U-20 4 (1)
2003–2010 Japan 15 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Akiko Sudo (須藤 安紀子, Sudō Akiko, born April 7, 1984) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sudo was born in Kokubunji on April 7, 1984. She was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from youth team in 2000 and played until 2013. In 14 seasons, she played 156 games and scored 15 goals and the club won L.League championship 8 times. End of 2013 season, she retired.[1]

National team career

In August 2002, Sudo was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] On January 12, 2003, she debuted for Japan national team against United States.[3] She was a member of Japan for 2003 World Cup. She subsequently played the 2006 Asian Games, where she scored against Jordan,[4] the 2010 EAFF Championship, which Japan won,[5] and the 2010 Asian Cup,[6] which marked qualification for the 2011 World Cup, which Japan eventually won. She played 15 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2010. She also played the 2003[7] and 2007 Summer Universiade.

National team statistics

[3][8]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200320
200400
200551
200611
200700
200800
200900
201071
Total153

References

  1. ↑ Nippon TV Beleza(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ FIFA
  3. 1 2 Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  4. ↑ Japan gives Jordan footballing masterclass People's Daily
  5. ↑ Line-ups and squads in Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. ↑ Line-ups in the semifinals against Australia
  7. ↑ Squads in FISU's website
  8. ↑ List of match in 2010 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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