# Nobuhiro Kato

Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大, Katō Nobuhiro, born 11 December 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

## Playing career

Kato was born in Ageo on 11 December 1984. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from youth team in 2003. Although Reds won the many title 2006 J1 League, 2007 AFC Champions League and so on, he could hardly play in the match behind Ryota Tsuzuki and Norihiro Yamagishi until 2010. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2011 and Reds won the 2nd place in 2011 and 2013 J.League Cup. However he lost his regular position behind Shusaku Nishikawa in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Saitama's cross town rivals, Omiya Ardija in J2 League. He played as regular goalkeeper and Ardija was promoted to J1 end of 2015 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2016, he played many matches while battling with Hitoshi Shiota for the position. However Ardija finished at the bottom place in 2017 season and was relegated to J2. He could not play at all in the match behind Takashi Kasahara in 2018. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.

## Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | AFC | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Urawa Reds | 2003 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2004 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2005 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2006 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2007 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2008 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2009 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2010 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2011 | J1 League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2012 | J1 League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2013 | J1 League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | 2014 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Urawa Reds | Total | Total | 85 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2015 | J2 League | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 39 | 0 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2016 | J1 League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2017 | J1 League | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2018 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Omiya Ardija | Total | Total | 77 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| Kyoto Sanga FC | 2019 | J2 League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 0 |
| Kyoto Sanga FC | 2020 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Kyoto Sanga FC | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 177 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 221 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club
#### Urawa Reds

* J1 League: 1
       2006
* Emperor's Cup: 2
       2005, 2006
* J.League Cup: 1
       2003
* AFC Champions League: 1
       2007
* Japanese Super Cup: 1
       2006

#### Omiya Ardija

* J2 League: 1
       2015