Tomoe Kato

Tomoe Kato
加藤與惠
Personal information
Full name	Tomoe Kato
Date of birth	May 27, 1978
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
National team
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tomoe Kato (加藤與惠, Katō Tomoe, born May 27, 1978) (former name; Tomoe Sakai, 酒井與惠) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kato was born in Tokyo on May 27, 1978. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1993 to 2008. The club won L.League championship 8 times. She played 246 matches in L.League. She was selected MVP awards 2 times in 2001 and 2002. She was also selected Best Eleven for 12 years in a row (1996-2007).

National team career

On June 8, 1997, when Kato was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against China.[1] She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cup, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She played 114 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2008.

Personal life

Kato got married and changed her name to Tomoe Kato (加藤與惠) from Tomoe Sakai (酒井與惠) in November 2007.

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	7	0
1998	9	0
1999	13	0
2000	1	0
2001	4	0
2002	9	0
2003	14	2
2004	11	0
2005	9	1
2006	16	2
2007	17	2
2008	4	1
Total	114	8

References

Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

Tomoe Sakai – FIFA competition record
Tomoe Kato – FIFA competition record
Tomoe Kato at Soccerway
Tomoe Kato at WorldFootball.net
Tomoe Kato at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[JFA-1] Japan Football Association(in Japanese)