Kozue Ando

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Kozue Ando
安藤 梢
Kozue Andō 2011 3.jpg
Ando with Duisburg in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kozue Ando
Date of birth (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Urawa Reds
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2000
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 23 (2)
Total 314 (140)
National team
1999–2015 Japan 126 (19)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018

Kozue Ando (安藤 梢, Andō Kozue, born 9 July 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 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 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 selected for Japan national team for the 1999 FIFA Women's 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 finals to win the 2011 World Cup; Ando started the final.[1] She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[2] 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.

Education[]

Ando graduated from Utsunomiya Women's High School. She earned a PhD in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences from University of Tsukuba in May 2018.

Club statistics[]

As of 12 May 2013
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 2002 11 10 - -
2003 20 8 - -
2004 14 12 - -
2005 21 13 4 7 - - 25 20
2006 17 6 3 2 - - 20 8
2007 21 18 3 2 2 1 - 26 21
2008 21 13 2 1 - - 23 14
2009 21 18 4 1 - - 25 19
Total 146 98 2 1 -
Duisburg 2009–10 10 6 3 1 - 2 0 15 7
2010–11 20 5 3 1 4 2 10 1 37 9
2011–12 17 6 2 3 - - 19 9
2012–13 11 2 2 1 - - 13 3
Total 58 19 10 6 4 2 12 1 84 28
Frankfurt 2012–13 10 4 -
Total 10 4
Career total 214 121 6 3 12 1

1Includes UEFA Champions League.

National team statistics[]

Ando playing at the 2011 World Cup

[3][4]

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

Honors[]

Club[]

Urawa Reds Ladies
  • L.League: Winner 2004, 2009
FCR 2001 Duisburg
Frankfurt

National team[]

Individual[]

  • L.League
MVP: 2004, 2009
Top Scorers: 2004, 2009
Best Eleven (6): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Best Young Player: 2002

References[]

  1. ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/football/football-w
  3. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  4. ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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