Kozue Ando

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

Biography
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 she was selected Young Player awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She was also selected Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga club Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds.

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 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 final to win the 2011 World Cup; Ando started the final. She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 played 126 games and scored 19 goals for Japan by 2015.

Statistics
Japan Football AssociationList of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 at Japan Football Association 
Japan national teamYearAppsGoals1999102000502001002002502003122004612005912006163200790200816320093120108620111802012130201351201440201571Total12619

References

Other websites

Japan Football Association

Category:1982 births
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Category:Footballers from Tochigi Prefecture
Category:Japan women's international footballers
Category:Nadeshiko League players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players
Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
Category:2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup players
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Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
Category:Asian Games medalists in football
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games