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
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
WinnerNadeshiko League2004
WinnerNadeshiko League2009
Runner-upNadeshiko League2006
Runner-upNadeshiko League Cup2007
Runner-upNadeshiko League Cup2017
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2004
Runner-upEmpress's Cup2009
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 Germany
Silver medal – second place2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place2008 Vietnam
Bronze medal – third place2010 China
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaTeam
*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 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 finals 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 had played 126 games and scored 19 goals for Japan by 2015.

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 1110--
2003 208--
2004 1412--
2005 211347--2520
2006 17632--208
2007 21183221-2621
2008 211321--2314
2009 211841--2519
Total 1469821-
Duisburg 2009–10 10631-20157
2010–11 2053142101379
2011–12 17623--199
2012–13 11221--133
Total 5819106421218428
Frankfurt 2012–13 104-
Total 104
Career total 21412163121

1Includes UEFA Champions League.

National team statistics

Ando playing at the 2011 World Cup

[3][4]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199910
200050
200100
200250
200312
200461
200591
2006163
200790
2008163
200931
201086
2011180
2012130
201351
201440
201571
Total12619

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
3.22 April 2004Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Thailand2–06–02004 Summer Olympics qualification
5.30 July 2006Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia North Korea1–32–32006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
7.4 December 2006Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar Thailand4–04–02006 Asian Games
8.18 February 2008Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing, China North Korea1–03–22008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
9.31 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam Chinese Taipei3–011–02008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10.2 June 2008 Australia1–03–1
11.22 May 2010Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China Thailand4–04–02010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
12.24 May 2010 North Korea1–02–1
13.30 May 2010 China1–02–0
18.20 July 2013Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea China1–02–02013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
19.4 March 2015Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal Denmark1–11–22015 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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