Tomoe Kato
Personal information | |||
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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) |
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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 | ||
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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[]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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8. | 31 May 2008 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() |
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)
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education alumni
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Women's association football midfielders
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- FIFA Century Club
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Japanese women's football biography stubs
- Japanese football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs