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Kozue Ando (安藤梢, Andō Kozue, born 9 July 1982) is a Japanese football player. Ando currently plays club football for the Urawa Reds Diamonds. She previously played for the Japan national team before retiring in 2015.

Club career

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

National team career

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 FIFA Women's 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.^[1] She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics^[2] 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.

Education

Ando graduated from Utsunomiya Women's High School. She earned a PhD in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences from University of Tsukuba in May 2018.

Club statistics

As of 12 May 2013

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental¹		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Reds	2002	11	10			-		-
	2003	20	8			-		-
	2004	14	12			-		-
	2005	21	13	4	7	-		-		25	20
	2006	17	6	3	2	-		-		20	8
	2007	21	18	3	2	2	1	-		26	21
	2008	21	13	2	1	-		-		23	14
	2009	21	18	4	1	-		-		25	19
	Total	146	98			2	1	-
Duisburg	2009–10	10	6	3	1	-		2	0	15	7
	2010–11	20	5	3	1	4	2	10	1	37	9
	2011–12	17	6	2	3	-		-		19	9
	2012–13	11	2	2	1	-		-		13	3
	Total	58	19	10	6	4	2	12	1	84	28
Frankfurt	2012–13	10	4			-
Frankfurt	Total	10	4
Career total		214	121			6	3	12	1

¹Includes UEFA Champions League.

National team statistics

^[3]^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	1	0
2000	5	0
2001	0	0
2002	5	0
2003	1	2
2004	6	1
2005	9	1
2006	16	3
2007	9	0
2008	16	3
2009	3	1
2010	8	6
2011	18	0
2012	13	0
2013	5	1
2014	4	0
2015	7	1
Total	126	19

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 March 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	?–0	9–0	Friendly
2.	19 March 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	?–0	9–0	Friendly
3.	22 April 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	2–0	6–0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification
4.	26 March 2005	Sydney, Australia	Australia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	10 March 2006	Agnone, Italy	Scotland	3–0	4–0	Friendly
6.	30 July 2006	Adelaide, Australia	North Korea	1–3	2–3	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
7.	4 December 2006	Al-Rayyan, Qatar	Thailand	4–0	4–0	2006 Asian Games
8.	18 February 2008	Chongqing, China	North Korea	1–0	3–2	2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
9.	31 May 2008	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Chinese Taipei	3–0	11–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10.	2 June 2008	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Australia	1–0	3–1	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
11.	1 August 2009	Montargis, France	France	2–0	4–0	Friendly
12.	21 January 2010	Coquimbo, Chile	Colombia	1–0	4–2	2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es)
13.	21 January 2010		Colombia	2–0	4–2
14.	23 January 2010		Argentina	2–0	3–0
15.	22 May 2010	Chengdu, China	Thailand	4–0	4–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
16.	24 May 2010		North Korea	1–0	2–1
17.	30 May 2010		China	1–0	2–0
18.	20 July 2013	Seoul, South Korea	China	1–0	2–0	2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
19.	4 March 2015	Parchal, Portugal	Denmark	1–1	1–2	2015 Algarve Cup