Kozue Ando

Kozue Ando
安藤 梢

Ando playing at the 2011 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Kozue Ando
Date of birth	(1982-07-09) July 9, 1982
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds Ladies
Number	30
Youth career
2001	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2009	Urawa Reds	146	(98)
2010–2012	Duisburg	58	(19)
2013–2015	Frankfurt	52	(16)
2015–2017	Essen	35	(5)
2017–	Urawa Reds	7	(2)
Total		298	(140)
National team
1999–2015	Japan	126	(19)
Honours Olympic Games 2012 London Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2017

Kozue Ando (安藤 梢, Andō Kozue, born July 9, 1982) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Ando was born in Utsunomiya on July 9, 1982. In 2002, when she was a University of Tsukuba student, she left university club and joined Saitama Reinas FC (later Urawa Reds). In 2002 season, she scored 10 goals and she was elected Young Player Awards. She became top scorer and she was elected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She was also elected Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she plaeyd for German Bundesliga club Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Women's Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, She returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds.

National team career

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was elected Japan national team for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. At this competition, on June 26, she debuted against Norway. She played World Cup 4 times and Summer Olympics 3 times. She was a member of Japan, defeated the United States in a penalty shootout in the finals to win the 2011 World Cup. She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics^[1] and 2nd position at 2015 World Cup. At 2015 World Cup, first match against Switzerland, she got penalty kick, but she fractured her left ankle at the moment. This match became her last match at Japan national team. She played 126 games and scored 19 goals for Japan until 2015.

Education

Ando graduated from Utsunomiya Women's High School. In 2012, she was a PhD candidate at University of Tsukuba.^[2]

Club statistics

As of 12 May 2013

¹Includes UEFA Champions League.

National team statistics

^[3][4]

Honors

References

External links

• Kozue Ando – FIFA competition record (archive)