Nozomu Kato

Nozomu Kato
加藤望
Personal information
Full name	Nozomu Kato
Date of birth	October 7, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Miyagi, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1987	Tohoku Gakuin High School
1988–1991	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–2004	Kashiwa Reysol
2005–2008	Shonan Bellmare
Total
Managerial career
2018	Kashiwa Reysol
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nozomu Kato (加藤望, Katō Nozomu, born October 7, 1969) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Kato was born in Miyagi Prefecture on October 7, 1969. After graduating from Tokai University, he joined Japan Football League club Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1992. He became a regular player as offensive midfielder from 1994. He also played as forward not only midfielder. The club also won the 2nd place in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League from 1995. The club won the champions 1999 J.League Cup. Although he played as regular player for a long time, his opportunity to play decreased from 2002. In 2005, he moved to J2 League club Shonan Bellmare. He played as regular player in 4 seasons and retired end of 2008 season at the age of 39.

Coaching career

After retirement, Kato started coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2009. He served as coach for top team (2009–10) and manager for youth team (2011–12). In 2013, he became a manager for Sanno Institute of Management and managed until 2017. In 2018, he moved to Kashiwa Reysol which he first played. He became a coach under the manager Takahiro Shimotaira who Kato's teammate when Kato played for Reysol. However Shimotaira was sacked for poor results in May and Kato became a new manager.^[1] However Kato could not rise the club and he was sacked in November.^[2]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1992	Hitachi	Football League	3	0	-		-		3	0
1993	Kashiwa Reysol	Football League	7	0	0	0	-		7	0
1994		Football League	26	6	0	0	1	0	27	6
1995		J1 League	46	8	2	0	-		48	8
1996			27	8	2	0	14	2	43	10
1997			32	4	3	1	8	1	43	6
1998			34	8	2	1	4	6	40	15
1999			30	9	4	0	8	2	42	11
2000			29	2	2	2	2	0	33	4
2001			22	4	1	0	4	2	27	6
2002			18	3	0	0	6	0	24	3
2003			10	0	1	0	2	0	13	0
2004			7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
2005	Shonan Bellmare	J2 League	41	9	1	0	-		42	9
2006			42	6	2	0	-		44	6
2007			47	10	1	0	-		48	6
2008			40	5	1	0	-		41	5
Total			458	82	23	4	51	13	532	99

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Kashiwa Reysol	2018	2018	18	5	1	12	027.78
Total			18	5	1	12	027.78

References

^ J.League(in Japanese)
^ Kashiwa Reysol(in Japanese)
^ Nozomu Kato manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

External links

Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] J.League(in Japanese)

[2] Kashiwa Reysol(in Japanese)

[3] Nozomu Kato manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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