Katsuo Kanda

Katsuo Kanda
神田勝夫
Personal information
Full name	Katsuo Kanda
Date of birth	21 June 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1984	Niigata Technical High School
1985–1988	Tokyo University of Agriculture
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1993	NKK
1994–1997	Cerezo Osaka
1998–1999	Yokohama F. Marinos
2000–2003	Albirex Niigata
Total
International career
1995	Japan
Medal record
Cerezo Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Katsuo Kanda (神田勝夫, Kanda Katsuo, born 21 June 1966) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

As a left side-back and a left midfielder, he played 162 matches in the Japanese highest division. He played for NKK, Cerezo Osaka, Yokohama F. Marinos and Albirex Niigata.

Club career

Kanda was educated at and played for Niigata technical high school. His team played at the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. He continued his study and football at Tokyo University of Agriculture.

After graduating in 1989, Kanda began his senior career with Japan Soccer League side NKK. He played mainly as a forward. He scored 8 goals in the 1993 season, and was the club's top scorer. In the spring 1994, Kanda moved to Japan Football League club Cerezo Osaka. In his first season, he scored 5 goals in 30 league appearances and helped the club to gain the promotion to J1 League. He stayed with Cerezo for the next four years as a left back position, and made almost 150 appearances for the club.

In 2000 he played for his hometown club Albirex Niigata. After four seasons, he played his last professional match on 19 October 2003. His testimonial was played at Niigata Stadium against the Boca Juniors on 27 July 2003. Albirex won the match 2–1.^[1] Immediately after retiring he was appointed the new technical director of the club.

National team career

In 1995, Kanda was called up by Shu Kamo to play for the Japan national team in a friendly match against Ecuador on 28 May 1995, which was his only cap.^[2]

Club statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1989/90	NKK	JSL Division 1	14	0					14	0
1990/91		JSL Division 1	18	0			0	0	18	0
1991/92		JSL Division 2	29	6			2	1	31	7
1992		Football League	16	3			-		16	3
1993		Football League	10	8	1	0	-		11	8
1994	Cerezo Osaka	Football League	30	5	5	0	1	0	36	5
1995		J1 League	49	4	2	1	-		51	5
1996			23	2	2	0	13	2	38	4
1997			28	1	2	0	0	0	30	1
1998	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	19	0	1	0	3	0	23	0
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
2000	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	32	3	3	0	2	0	37	3
2001			32	0	4	0	0	0	36	0
2002			33	2	1	0	-		34	2
2003			17	0	0	0	-		17	0
Total			361	34	21	1	22	3	404	38

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	1	0
Total	1	0

References

^ "Kanda farewelled in testimonial". J's GOAL. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ "Stats Centre: Katsuo Kanda Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

External links

Katsuo Kanda at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Katsuo Kanda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] "Kanda farewelled in testimonial". J's GOAL. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2012.

[JNFTD-2] Japan National Football Team Database

[3] "Stats Centre: Katsuo Kanda Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

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