Kozue Ando

Kozue Ando
	Ando at the 2011 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Kozue Ando
Date of birth	July 9, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	10
Youth career
1998–2000	Utsunomiya Women's High School
2001	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2009	Urawa Reds
2010–2012	Duisburg
2013–2015	Frankfurt
2015–2017	Essen
2017–	Urawa Reds
National team
1999–200	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Kozue Ando (安藤梢, Ando Kozue, born July 9, 1982) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

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 she was selected Young Player awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She was also selected Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga club Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds.

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 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. She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 by 2015.

Statistics

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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

References

↑ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
↑ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Kozue Ando at Soccerway.com
Kozue Ando at WorldFootball.net
Kozue Ando at FBref.com
Kozue Ando at the German Football Association
Kozue Ando at Olympedia
Japan Football Association

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[1] Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

[2] List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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