Nobuhiro Kato
加藤 順大
Personal information
Full name Nobuhiro Kato
Date of birth (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984
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
WinnerAFC Champions League2007
WinnerJ1 League2006
Runner-upJ1 League2004
Runner-upJ1 League2005
Runner-upJ1 League2007
Runner-upJ1 League2014
WinnerJ.League Cup2003
Runner-upJ.League Cup2004
Runner-upJ.League Cup2011
Runner-upJ.League Cup2013
WinnerEmperor's Cup2005
WinnerEmperor's Cup2006
*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

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

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 000000-00
2004 J1 League 000000-00
2005 J1 League 000000-00
2006 J1 League 000010-10
2007 J1 League 0000000000
2008 J1 League 0000100010
2009 J1 League 000000-00
2010 J1 League 000060-60
2011 J1 League 2601050-320
2012 J1 League 3402030-390
2013 J1 League 250102060340
2014 J1 League 000060-60
Total 85040240001190
Omiya Ardija 2015 J2 League 37020--390
2016 J1 League 1900020-210
2017 J1 League 2102030-260
2018 J2 League 0000--00
Total 770405000860
Kyoto Sanga FC 2019 J2 League 15010--160
2020 J2 League 0000--00
Total 150100000160
Career total 177090290602210

Honours

Club

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

References

  1. ↑ Nobuhiro Kato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  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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