Kohei Kudo

Kohei Kudo
工藤浩平
Personal information
Full name	Kohei Kudo
Date of birth	August 28, 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	JEF United Chiba
Number	22
Youth career
1995–2002	JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
National team
JEF United Chiba
Kyoto Sanga FC
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Representing Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Kohei Kudo (工藤浩平, Kudo Kohei, born August 28, 1984) is a Japanese football player who plays for JEF United Chiba.^[1]

Club career[]

Kudo was born in Ichihara on August 28, 1984. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 2003. He debuted in first season and played many matches as mainly substitute midfielder from 2004 season. JEF United won the champions in 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. He became a regular as offensive midfielder in 2007. However the club results were sluggish and was relegated to J2 League end of 2009 season first time in the club history. In 2011, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC. Although he could not play at all in the match for injury until August, he came back in September and won the 2nd place in 2011 Emperor's Cup. He played many matches as regular from 2012. In 2015, he moved to J1 club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. However he could hardly play in the match. In June 2015, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Matsumoto Yamaga FC. Although he played many matches, Yamaga finished at the bottom place in 2015 season and was relegated to J2 in a year. In July 2018, he re-joined J2 club JEF United Chiba for the first time in 7 years.^[2]

National team career[]

In September 2001, Kudo was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2001 U-17 World Championship. He played all 3 matches.^[3]

Club statistics[]

As of end of 2018 season^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Other¹		Total
2003	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	2	0	0	0	1	0	-		3	0
2004	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	12	1	0	0	5	1	-		17	2
2005	JEF United Chiba	J1 League	24	0	1	1	8	1	-		33	2
2006			10	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	19	0
2007			33	4	1	0	5	3	-		39	7
2008			32	2	1	0	7	0	-		40	2
2009			32	3	3	1	6	0	-		41	4
2010		J2 League	35	2	2	0	-		-		37	2
Total			180	12	9	2	38	5	2	0	229	19
2011	Kyoto Sanga FC	J2 League	11	3	6	1	-		-		17	4
2012			42	4	2	1	-		1	0	45	5
2013			38	2	2	2	-		2	0	42	4
2014			39	0	2	0	-		-		41	0
Total			130	9	12	4	-		3	0	145	13
2015	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	1	0	0	0	5	0	-		6	0
Total			1	0	0	0	5	0	-		6	0
2015	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	J1 League	15	1	4	0	0	0	-		19	1
2016		J2 League	42	11	1	0	–		–		43	11
2017			41	8	0	0	–		–		41	8
2018			12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
Total			110	20	6	0	0	0	–		116	20
2018	JEF United Chiba	J2 League	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
	JEF United Chiba	J2 League					–		–
Total			12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
Career total			433	41	27	6	43	5	5	0	508	52

¹Includes A3 Champions Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

Honors and awards[]

JEF United Chiba

J.League Cup Champions : 2005, 2006

Youth National Team Career[]

AFC U-16 Championship : 2000
FIFA U-17 World Cup : 2001
AFC Youth Championship : 2002

References[]

^ Kohei Kudo at J.League (in Japanese)
^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
^ Kohei Kudo – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
^ 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. 184 out of 289)
^ 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. 167 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 160 out of 289)