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Tomoe Kato
加藤 與惠
Personal information
Full name Tomoe Kato
Date of birth (1978-05-27) May 27, 1978 (age 46)
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)
International career
1997–2008 Japan 114 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

[1]

Japan national team
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[edit]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 June 2003 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Philippines 14–0 15–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
2. 11 June 2003  Guam 1–0 7–0
5. 30 November 2006 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Jordan 12–0 13–0 2006 Asian Games
6. 7 April 2007 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Vietnam 2–0 2–0 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
7. 4 August 2007 Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng, Vietnam  Vietnam 2–0 2–0
8. 31 May 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  Chinese Taipei 8–0 11–0 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links[edit]


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