Nobuhiro Kato

Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大, Katō Nobuhiro, born 11 December 1984) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kyoto Sanga FC.[1]

Nobuhiro Kato
加藤 順大
Personal information
Full name Nobuhiro Kato
Date of birth (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984
Place of birth Ageo, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kyoto Sanga FC
Number 1
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– Kyoto Sanga FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Playing career

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
As of end of 2018 season[3][4][5][6]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 2003 000000-00
2004 000000-00
2005 000000-00
2006 000010-10
2007 0000000000
2008 0000100010
2009 000000-00
2010 000060-60
2011 2601050-320
2012 3402030-390
2013 250102060340
2014 000060-60
Omiya Ardija 2015 37020--390
2016 1900020-210
2017 2102030-260
2018 0000--00
Kyoto Sanga FC 2019 --
Career total 162080290602050

Honours

Club
Urawa Reds
2006
2005, 2006
2003
2007
2006
Omiya Ardija
2015

References
  1. Nobuhiro Kato at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  3. Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. Japan - Nobuhiro Kato - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.