Kozue Ando

Kozue Ando
安藤 梢
Ando with Duisburg in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kozue Ando
Date of birth (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2000 Utsunomiya Women's High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Urawa Reds 146 (98)
2010–2012 Duisburg 58 (19)
2013–2015 Frankfurt 52 (16)
2015–2017 Essen 35 (5)
2017– Urawa Red Diamonds 46 (9)
Total 314 (140)
International career
1999–2015 Japan 126 (19)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Winner Nadeshiko League 2004
Winner Nadeshiko League 2009
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2006
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2007
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2017
Runner-up Empress's Cup 2004
Runner-up Empress's Cup 2009
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018

Kozue Ando (安藤 梢, Andō Kozue, born 9 July 1982) is a Japanese football player. Ando currently plays club football for the Urawa Reds Diamonds. She previously played for the Japan national team before retiring in 2015.

Club career

Ando was born in Utsunomiya on 9 July 1982. In 2002, when she was a University of Tsukuba student, she left university club and joined Saitama Reinas FC (later Urawa Reds). In 2002 season, she scored 10 goals and was selected at the Young Player Awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She also featured in the Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga clubs; Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Women's Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds.

National team career

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. At this competition, on 26 June, she debuted against Norway. She played in the World Cup four times and in the Summer Olympics three times. She was a member of the team that defeated the United States in a penalty shootout in the final to win the 2011 World Cup; Ando started the final.[1] She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[2] and second place at the 2015 World Cup. At the 2015 World Cup, in the first match against Switzerland, she got a penalty kick, but she fractured her left ankle at that moment. This match was her last as part of the Japan national team. She played 126 games and scored 19 goals for Japan.

Education

Ando graduated from Utsunomiya Women's High School. She earned a PhD in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences from University of Tsukuba in May 2018.

Club statistics

As of 12 May 2013
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 2002 11 10 - -
2003 20 8 - -
2004 14 12 - -
2005 21 13 4 7 - - 25 20
2006 17 6 3 2 - - 20 8
2007 21 18 3 2 2 1 - 26 21
2008 21 13 2 1 - - 23 14
2009 21 18 4 1 - - 25 19
Total 146 98 2 1 -
Duisburg 2009–10 10 6 3 1 - 2 0 15 7
2010–11 20 5 3 1 4 2 10 1 37 9
2011–12 17 6 2 3 - - 19 9
2012–13 11 2 2 1 - - 13 3
Total 58 19 10 6 4 2 12 1 84 28
Frankfurt 2012–13 10 4 -
Total 10 4
Career total 214 121 6 3 12 1

1Includes UEFA Champions League.

National team statistics

Ando playing at the 2011 World Cup

[3][4]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1999 1 0
2000 5 0
2001 0 0
2002 5 0
2003 1 2
2004 6 1
2005 9 1
2006 16 3
2007 9 0
2008 16 3
2009 3 1
2010 8 6
2011 18 0
2012 13 0
2013 5 1
2014 4 0
2015 7 1
Total 126 19

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
3. 22 April 2004 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Thailand 2–0 6–0 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
5. 30 July 2006 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia  North Korea 1–3 2–3 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
7. 4 December 2006 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar  Thailand 4–0 4–0 2006 Asian Games
8. 18 February 2008 Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing, China  North Korea 1–0 3–2 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
9. 31 May 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam  Chinese Taipei 3–0 11–0 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10. 2 June 2008  Australia 1–0 3–1
11. 22 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China  Thailand 4–0 4–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
12. 24 May 2010  North Korea 1–0 2–1
13. 30 May 2010  China 1–0 2–0
18. 20 July 2013 Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  China 1–0 2–0 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
19. 4 March 2015 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Denmark 1–1 1–2 2015 Algarve Cup

Honors

Club

Urawa Reds Ladies
FCR 2001 Duisburg
Frankfurt

National team

Individual

MVP: 2004, 2009
Top Scorers: 2004, 2009
Best Eleven (6): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Best Young Player: 2002

References

  1. ^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "London 2012 football women Results - Olympic football".
  3. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
  4. ^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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