Kozue Ando

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Kozue Ando
Kozue Ando in 2011.JPG
Ando at the 2011 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameKozue Ando
Date of birth (1982-07-09) July 9, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birthUtsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Urawa Reds
Number10
Youth career
1998–2000Utsunomiya Women's High School
2001University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2009Urawa Reds146(98)
2010–2012Duisburg58(19)
2013–2015Frankfurt52(16)
2015–2017Essen35(5)
2017–Urawa Reds58(7)
National team
1999–200Japan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Biography

Ando was born in Utsunomiya on 9 July 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 selected Young Player awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She was also selected Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga club Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds.

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 World Cup. At this competition, on 26 June, she debuted against Norway. She played in the World Cup four times and in the Summer Olympics three times. She was a member of the team that defeated the United States in a penalty shootout in the final to win the 2011 World Cup; Ando started the final. She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2015 World Cup. At the 2015 World Cup, in the first match against Switzerland, she got a penalty kick, but she fractured her left ankle at that moment. This match was her last as part of the Japan national team. She played 126 games and scored 19 goals for Japan by 2015.

Statistics

[1][2]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1999 1 0
2000 5 0
2001 0 0
2002 5 0
2003 1 2
2004 6 1
2005 9 1
2006 16 3
2007 9 0
2008 16 3
2009 3 1
2010 8 6
2011 18 0
2012 13 0
2013 5 1
2014 4 0
2015 7 1
Total 126 19

References

  1. Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  2. List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Template:Japan squad 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

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