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Kohei Kato
Personal information
Full name	Kohei Kato
Date of birth	14 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Wakayama, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Number	8
Youth career
2005–2007	JEF United Chiba
College career
Years	Team
2008–2011	Ritsumeikan University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012	Sacachispas
2012	Machida Zelvia
2013–2015	Rudar Pljevlja
2015–2016	Podbeskidzie
2016–2018	Beroe
2018	Sagan Tosu
2019	Widzew Łódź
2019–2020	St Joseph's
2020–2021	Iskra Danilovgrad
2021	→ Podgorica (loan)
2021	Anadia FC
2021–2022	Chiangrai United
2022–2023	FC Ryukyu
2023	FK Jezero
2023	MUST CPK
2025–	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024

Kohei Kato (加藤恒平, Katō Kōhei, born 14 June 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder^[1] for Kirivong Sok Sen Chey in the Cambodian Premier League.

Career

After playing in the youth team of JEF United Chiba and in Ritsumeikan University, Kato opted for a career of a globetrotter. After spells with Sacachispas and FC Machida Zelvia in the 2012 J.League Division 2,^[1] he played two seasons with FK Rudar Pljevlja in the Montenegrin First League.^[1] Next he played with Polish side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała in the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa,^[1] before joining Beroe Stara Zagora playing in the Bulgarian First League.^[1] In March 2019 Kato became part of the ranks of Polish club Widzew Łódź.^[2] In October 2019, he signed for Gibraltar National League side St Joseph's.^[3]

On 26 May 2017, Kato received his first call up for Japan for the friendly game against Syria and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iraq.^[4]