Tomoe Kato
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Full name | Tomoe Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | May 27, 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2008 | Nippon TV Beleza | 246 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 246 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2008 | Japan | 114 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Tomoe Kato (加藤 與惠, Kato Tomoe, born May 27, 1978) (former name; Tomoe Sakai, 酒井 與惠) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.
Biography
[change | change source]Kato was born in Tokyo Metropolis on May 27, 1978. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1993 to 2008. The club won Nadeshiko League championship 8 times. She played 246 matches in Nadeshiko League. She was selected MVP awards 2 times in 2001 and 2002. She was also selected Best Eleven for 12 years in a row (1996-2007).
On June 8, 1997, when Kato was 19 years old, she debuted for the Japan national team against China. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cup, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She played 114 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2008.
Personal life
[change | change source]Kato got married and changed her name to Tomoe Kato (加藤 與惠) from Tomoe Sakai (酒井 與惠) in November 2007.
National team statistics
[change | change source]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1997 | 7 | 0 |
1998 | 9 | 0 |
1999 | 13 | 0 |
2000 | 1 | 0 |
2001 | 4 | 0 |
2002 | 9 | 0 |
2003 | 14 | 2 |
2004 | 11 | 0 |
2005 | 9 | 1 |
2006 | 16 | 2 |
2007 | 17 | 2 |
2008 | 4 | 1 |
Total | 114 | 8 |
International goals
[change | change source]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 June 2003 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | 14–0 | 15–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship | |
2. | 11 June 2003 | 1–0 | 7–0 | |||
5. | 30 November 2006 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 12–0 | 13–0 | 2006 Asian Games | |
6. | 7 April 2007 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification | |
7. | 4 August 2007 | Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng, Vietnam | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
8. | 31 May 2008 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 8–0 | 11–0 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
Other websites
[change | change source]- Tomoe Kato at International Olympic Committee
- Tomoe Kato at Olympic Channel
- Tomoe Kato at Olympedia
- Tomoe Kato at FIFA
- Tomoe Kato at FIFA
- Tomoe Kato at Soccerway.com
- Tomoe Kato at FootballDatabase.eu
- Tomoe Kato at WorldFootball.net
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1997 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1999 AFC Women's Championship players
- 2003 AFC Women's Championship players
- 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
- 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games