Naoya Kondo

Naoya Kondo
近藤直也
Personal information
Full name	Naoya Kondo
Date of birth	3 October 1983
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Tokyo Verdy
Number	3
Youth career
1999–2001	Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
National team
Kashiwa Reysol
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Naoya Kondo (近藤直也, Kondo Naoya, born 3 October 1983) is a Japanese football player who plays for Tokyo Verdy.[1]

Club career

Kondo was born in Utsunomiya on 3 October 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2002. He got an opportunity to play in 2003 and became a regular center back in 2004. However he could not play many matches for repeated injuries from 2005. He became a regular player again in summer 2009. However Reysol was relegated J2 League end of 2009 season. In 2010, he played all 34 matches except 2 matches for suspension. Reysol also won the champions in J2 League and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2011, Reysol won the champions in J1 League. He was also selected Best Eleven award. From 2012, Reysol won the champions in 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2014. In 2016, he moved to Chiba Prefecture's cross town rivals, JEF United Chiba in J2 League.[2] He played as regular center back in 3 seasons. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.[3]

National team career

Kondo was a member of Japan U-20 national football team for 2003 World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates.[4]

On February 24, 2012, Kondo debuted for Japan national team against Iceland.[5]

Club statistics

As of end of 2018 season[6]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Other¹		Total
2002	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
2003			15	1	0	0	2	0	–		–		17	1
2004			26	1	1	0	5	0	–		2	0	34	1
2005			12	0	0	0	4	0	–		–		16	0
2006		J2 League	3	0	2	0	–		–		–		5	0
2007		J1 League	16	1	1	0	2	0	–		–		19	1
2008			5	0	0	0	3	0	–		–		8	0
2009			22	0	2	0	2	0	–		–		26	0
2010		J2 League	34	3	3	1	–		–		–		37	4
2011		J1 League	31	1	3	0	2	0	–		–		36	1
2012			26	2	5	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	40	2
2013			31	2	2	0	5	0	11	1	1	0	50	3
2014			18	0	1	0	7	0	–		–		26	0
2015			7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–		9	0
Total			246	11	20	0	37	0	16	1	4	0	323	12
2016	JEF United Chiba	J2 League	35	2	0	0	–		–		–		35	2
2017			38	4	1	0	–		–		1	0	39	4
2018			37	2	0	0	–		–		–		37	2
Total			110	8	1	0	–		–		1	0	112	8
2019	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League
Total
Career total			356	19	21	1	37	0	16	1	5	0	435	21

¹Includes Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

[5]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours

Club

Kashiwa Reysol

Individual

J.League Best XI (1) : 2011

gollark: PRINTERS ARE THE ENEMY OF MANKIND YOU TPS!

gollark: You used PRINTERS?!

gollark: TPS lag

gollark: Canvases! The bottom one was meant to be blue and I don't know *why* that happened!

gollark: I've made a worrying discovery. OC lets you make unbreakable blocks.

References

Naoya Kondo at J.League (in Japanese)
JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)
Naoya Kondo – FIFA competition record
Japan National Football Team Database
Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)

External links

Naoya Kondo – FIFA competition record
Naoya Kondo at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Naoya Kondo at Soccerway
Naoya Kondo at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at JEF United Chiba

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Naoya Kondo at J.League (in Japanese)

[2] JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)

[3] Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)

[4] Naoya Kondo – FIFA competition record

[JNFTD-5] Japan National Football Team Database

[6] Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)