Kohei Kudo
Kohei Kudo (工藤 浩平, Kudo Kohei, born August 28, 1984) is a Japanese football player who plays for JEF United Chiba.[1]
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| Full name | Kohei Kudo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 28, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ichihara, Chiba, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | JEF United Chiba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | JEF United Ichihara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | JEF United Chiba | 180 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 130 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 110 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | JEF United Chiba | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Japan U-17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Kudo was born in Ichihara on August 28, 1984. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 2003. He debuted in first season and played many matches as mainly substitute midfielder from 2004 season. JEF United won the champions in 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. He became a regular as offensive midfielder in 2007. However the club results were sluggish and was relegated to J2 League end of 2009 season first time in the club history. In 2011, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC. Although he could not play at all in the match for injury until August, he came back in September and won the 2nd place in 2011 Emperor's Cup. He played many matches as regular from 2012. In 2015, he moved to J1 club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. However he could hardly play in the match. In June 2015, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Matsumoto Yamaga FC. Although he played many matches, Yamaga finished at the bottom place in 2015 season and was relegated to J2 in a year. In July 2018, he re-joined J2 club JEF United Chiba for the first time in 7 years.[2]
National team career
In September 2001, Kudo was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2001 U-17 World Championship. He played all 3 matches.[3]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Other1 | Total | |||||||
| 2003 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2005 | JEF United Chiba | J1 League | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 33 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2008 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 40 | 2 | |||
| 2009 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | 41 | 4 | |||
| 2010 | J2 League | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 2 | |||
| Total | 180 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 19 | ||
| 2011 | Kyoto Sanga FC | J2 League | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |||
| 2013 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4 | |||
| 2014 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 130 | 9 | 12 | 4 | - | 3 | 0 | 145 | 13 | |||
| 2015 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | J1 League | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 1 | |
| 2016 | J2 League | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 11 | |||
| 2017 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 8 | ||||
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 110 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 116 | 20 | |||
| 2018 | JEF United Chiba | J2 League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | – | – | ||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 433 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 508 | 52 | ||
1Includes A3 Champions Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.
Youth National Team Career
References
- Kohei Kudo at J.League (in Japanese)
- JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
- Kohei Kudo – FIFA competition record
- JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
- 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. 184 out of 289)
- 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. 167 out of 289)
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 160 out of 289)
External links
- Kohei Kudo – FIFA competition record
- Kohei Kudo at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Matsumoto Yamaga FC