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Nobuhiro Kato

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Nobuhiro Kato
加藤 順大
Personal information
Full name Nobuhiro Kato
Date of birth (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Ageo, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2000–2002 Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 Urawa Reds 85 (0)
2015–2018 Omiya Ardija 77 (0)
2019–2020 Kyoto Sanga FC 15 (0)
Total 177 (0)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner J1 League 2006
Runner-up J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2005
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Runner-up J1 League 2014
Winner J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2004
Runner-up J.League Cup 2011
Runner-up J.League Cup 2013
Winner Emperor's Cup 2005
Winner Emperor's Cup 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 2018 season

Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大, Katō Nobuhiro, born 11 December 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Playing career

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Kato was born in Ageo on 11 December 1984. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from youth team in 2003. Although Reds won the many title 2006 J1 League, 2007 AFC Champions League and so on, he could hardly play in the match behind Ryota Tsuzuki and Norihiro Yamagishi until 2010. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2011 and Reds won the 2nd place in 2011 and 2013 J.League Cup. However he lost his regular position behind Shusaku Nishikawa in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Saitama's cross town rivals, Omiya Ardija in J2 League. He played as regular goalkeeper and Ardija was promoted to J1 end of 2015 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2016, he played many matches while battling with Hitoshi Shiota for the position. However Ardija finished at the bottom place in 2017 season and was relegated to J2. He could not play at all in the match behind Takashi Kasahara in 2018. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.[2]

Club statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5][6][7]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 2003 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2004 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2005 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2006 J1 League 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0
2007 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 J1 League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2009 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2010 J1 League 0 0 0 0 6 0 - 6 0
2011 J1 League 26 0 1 0 5 0 - 32 0
2012 J1 League 34 0 2 0 3 0 - 39 0
2013 J1 League 25 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 34 0
2014 J1 League 0 0 0 0 6 0 - 6 0
Total 85 0 4 0 24 0 0 0 119 0
Omiya Ardija 2015 J2 League 37 0 2 0 - - 39 0
2016 J1 League 19 0 0 0 2 0 - 21 0
2017 J1 League 21 0 2 0 3 0 - 26 0
2018 J2 League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 77 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 86 0
Kyoto Sanga FC 2019 J2 League 15 0 1 0 - - 16 0
2020 J2 League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 177 0 9 0 29 0 6 0 221 0

Honours

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Club

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Urawa Reds
2006
2005, 2006
2003
2007
2006
Omiya Ardija
2015

References

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  1. ^ Nobuhiro Kato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  4. ^ 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. 164 out of 289)
  5. ^ 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. 40 out of 289)
  6. ^ Japan - Nobuhiro Kato - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
  7. ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2020 Nobuhiro Kato Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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