Kozue Ando (安藤 梢, Andō Kozue, born 9 July 1982) is a Japanese football player. Ando currently plays club football for the Urawa Reds Diamonds. She previously played for the Japan national team before retiring in 2015.
![]() Ando with Duisburg in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kozue Ando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 July 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Urawa Red Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Utsunomiya Women's High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Red Diamonds | 46 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 314 | (140) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2015 | Japan | 126 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018 |
Club career
editAndo 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 was selected at the Young Player Awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She also featured in the Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga clubs; 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
editIn June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the 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 final 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.
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editAndo 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
edit- As of 12 May 2013
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental1 | Total | |||||
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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
editJapan national team | ||
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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 |
International goals
editNo. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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3. | 22 April 2004 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | Thailand | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
5. | 30 July 2006 | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | North Korea | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
7. | 4 December 2006 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar | Thailand | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2006 Asian Games |
8. | 18 February 2008 | Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing, China | North Korea | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship |
9. | 31 May 2008 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | 11–0 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
10. | 2 June 2008 | Australien | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
11. | 22 May 2010 | Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China | Thailand | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
12. | 24 May 2010 | North Korea | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
13. | 30 May 2010 | China | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
18. | 20 July 2013 | Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | China | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup |
19. | 4 March 2015 | Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal | Dänemark | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2015 Algarve Cup |
Honors
editClub
edit- Urawa Reds Ladies
- FCR 2001 Duisburg
- Frankfurt
- DFB-Pokal: Winner 2013–14
- UEFA Women's Champions League: Winner 2014–15
National team
edit- FIFA Women's World Cup: Winner 2011
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "London 2012 football women Results - Olympic football".
- ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Kozue Ando – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kozue Ando at Soccerway
- Kozue Ando at WorldFootball.net
- Kozue Ando at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Japan Football Association