Yoshio Kato

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Kato was born in Saitama on August 1, 1957. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1980. The club won the league champions in 1985/86. The club also won 1982 and 1986 JSL Cup. However, he could not play in the game much, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Choei Sato. Kato became a regular goalkeeper in later 1980s. He retired in 1993. He played 87 games in the league.

On June 9, 1980, Kato debuted for the Japan national team against Hong Kong. He played 8 games for Japan until 1981.

After retirement, Kato started coaching career at JEF United Ichihara from 1994. In 2000s, he became a goalkeeper coach for U-17 and U-20 Japan national team. In 2006, he became a goalkeeper coach for Japan national team. He coached Japan until 2010 World Cup under manager Ivica Osim and Takeshi Okada.

Statistics

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|1980||rowspan="12"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="12"|JSL Division 1||1||0||||||||||1||0
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|1981||1||0||||||||||1||0
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|1982||0||0||||||||||0||0
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|1983||0||0||||||||||0||0
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|1984||3||0||||||||||3||0
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|1985/86||0||0||||||||||0||0
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|1986/87||17||0||||||||||17||0
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|1987/88||19||0||||||2||0||21||0
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|1988/89||19||0||||||0||0||19||0
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|1989/90||2||0||||||2||0||4||0
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|1990/91||1||0||||||5||0||6||0
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|1991/92||6||0||||||1||0||7||0
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|1992||rowspan="2"|JEF United Ichihara||rowspan="2"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||||||4||0||4||0
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|1993||18||0||0||0||3||0||21||0
87||0||0||0||17||0||104||0
87||0||0||0||17||0||104||0
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1980||3||0
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|1981||5||0
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!Total||8||0
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References

Other websites

Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Saitama Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:JEF United Chiba players