Kozue Ando

Kozue Ando (2010)

Kozue Ando (Japanese安藤 梢, Kozue Ando, born July 9, 1982 in Utsunomiya ) is a Japanese football player. The attacking midfielder is next to Yūki Ogimi ( Turbine Potsdam ) and Saki Kumagai (1st FFC Frankfurt), one of the few Japanese women who play in the first division of women.

Career

Through her father she has already started at a young age to play football. In elementary school, she already saw the first small successes with several victories in school tournaments. They also played as a high school student and later as a student in Utsunomiya further football clubs in the city. With the U-18 team, she participated in the U.S. at the Adidas Cup. In 1999 she was promoted to the senior team. In 2002, she joined the club Saitama Reinas in Japanese L. League. In 2003, she played in the national league first L. League Division after their team, the Saitama Reinas, had won the championship. In 2005, Kozue Ando of one of the best teams in the league, the Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies taken under contract. With this team she won the 2006 second place in the championship of the L. League Division 1

The attacking midfielder won the 2006 with the national team silver at the Asian Games in Qatar, after they had lost to North Korea on 13 December 2006 in Doha in Qatar Sports Club Stadium 2:4 after penalty. In 2007, she retired with the national team already out in the group stage of the World Cup. In 2008 she won the national championship the East Asia and took bronze at the Asian Championships. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 they played against Germany for the bronze medal, but lost 0:2. At the World Women's Championship in 2010, she took with Japan also took third place and was with three other players, each with a three-goal scorer. She completed all six games for Japan at the 6th Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany.

As of 2010 she plays for a club change from Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies in Germany for the FCR Duisburg in the Bundesliga 1. With Duisburg she reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2009/10 in which they were eliminated against 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam. On January 31, 2013 it was announced that it switches to the first FFC Frankfurt.

On April 1, 2012, she made ​​the 1-1 draw against the United States her 100th international game.

Ando also belonged to the Japanese squad for the Olympic Games in London. But you just stood 0-0 against South Africa in the first round in the starting lineup. In four other games, but not in the final, they came on.

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