Tomoe Kato
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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Honours | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Tomoe Kato (加藤 與惠, Katō Tomoe, born May 27, 1978) (former name; Tomoe Sakai, 酒井 與惠) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.
Club career[]
Kato was born in Tokyo on May 27, 1978. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1993 to 2008. The club won L.League championship 8 times. She played 246 matches in L.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).
National team career[]
On June 8, 1997, when Kato was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against China.[1] 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[]
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[]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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[]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | 31 May 2008 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Chinese Taipei |
8–0 | 11–0 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
External links[]
- Tomoe Sakai – FIFA competition record
- Tomoe Kato – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Tomoe Kato at Soccerway
- Tomoe Kato at WorldFootball.net
- Tomoe Kato at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1978 births
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- Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education alumni
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
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- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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