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.Kyoto Sanga FC
Club statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionKyoto Sanga FCNippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 164 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 40 out of 289)Japan - Nobuhiro Kato - Profile with news, career statistics and history - SoccerwayClubSeasonLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupAFCTotal DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUrawa Reds2003J1 League000000-002004J1 League000000-002005J1 League000000-002006J1 League000010-102007J1 League00000000002008J1 League00001000102009J1 League000000-002010J1 League000060-602011J1 League2601050-3202012J1 League3402030-3902013J1 League2501020603402014J1 League000060-60Total85040240001190Omiya Ardija2015J2 League37020--3902016J1 League1900020-2102017J1 League2102030-2602018J2 League0000--00Total770405000860Kyoto Sanga FC2019J2 League15010--1602020J2 League0000--00Total150100000160Career total177090290602210
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
References
External links
Profile at Omiya Ardija Yahoo! Sports Profile