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Masato Kudo
工藤 壮人
Personal information
Full name Masato Kudo[1]
Date of birth (1990-05-06)6 May 1990[1]
Place of birth Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Date of death 21 October 2022(2022-10-21) (aged 32)
Place of death Miyazaki, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2008 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Kashiwa Reysol 189 (66)
2016 Vancouver Whitecaps 16 (2)
2017–2020 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 (4)
2019–2020 → Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) 27 (4)
2020–2021 Brisbane Roar 14 (1)
2022 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 21 (3)
Total 297 (80)
International career
2010 Japan U23 2 (0)
2013 Japan 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

Masato Kudo (工藤 壮人, Kudō Masato, 6 May 1990 – 21 October 2022) was a Japanese footballer who played as a forward.

International career

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On 23 September 2010, Kudo was selected for the Japan Under-21 squad for the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.[2]

On 23 May 2013, Kudo was called up to Japan's senior team for the first time prior to an international exhibition game against Bulgaria.[3]

Personal life and death

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On 11 May 2016, Kudo collided violently with goalkeeper Matt Lampson and suffered a fractured jaw.[4]

Kudo died from complications of brain surgery on 21 October 2022, at the age of 32.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of end of 2018 season[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashiwa Reysol 2009 3 0 2 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2010 27 10 2 1 — — — 29 11
2011 25 7 3 2 2 0 — 3 1 33 10
2012 33 13 5 2 4 2 6 0 — 48 17
2013 33 19 2 0 4 2 12 6 1 0 52 27
2014 34 7 0 0 10 4 1 0 0 0 45 11
2015 34 10 1 1 2 1 10 4 0 0 47 16
Total 189 66 15 6 22 9 29 10 4 1 259 92
Vancouver Whitecaps 2016 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 17 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2017 18 3 3 3 4 1 — — 25 7
2018 12 1 2 2 5 2 — — 19 5
Total 30 4 5 5 9 3 0 0 0 0 44 12
Total 235 72 20 11 31 12 30 10 4 1 320 106
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and Canadian Championship.
  2. ^ Includes J. League Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs.
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League and CONCACAF Champions League.
  4. ^ Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2013 4 2
Total 4 2
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kudo goal.
List of international goals scored by Masato Kudo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 July 2013 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  China 3–1 3–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2 6 September 2013 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Guatemala 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

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Kashiwa Reysol

Japan

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
  2. ^ "23/09/2010 Japan U-21 squad announced for Asian Games - News - Japan Football Association".
  3. ^ "23/05/2013 Japan squad named for World Cup qualifier with Australia - News - Japan Football Association".
  4. ^ Stejskal, Sam. "Vancouver Whitecaps' Masato Kudo suffers broken jaw, to undergo surgery". MLS Soccer. Major League Soccer L.L.C. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ^ "元日本代表FW工藤壮人が32歳で死去。水頭症の診断で手術、17日からICUで治療も帰らぬ人に". Goal. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ 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. 53 out of 289)
  7. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
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