Akiko Sudo Explained

Akiko Sudo
須藤 安紀子
Fullname:Akiko Sudo
Birth Date:1984 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan
Position:Defender
Years1:2000–2013
Clubs1:Nippon TV Beleza
Caps1:156
Goals1:15
Totalcaps:156
Totalgoals:15
Nationalyears1:2002
Nationalteam1:Japan U-20
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2003–2010
Nationalteam2:Japan
Nationalcaps2:15
Nationalgoals2:3

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

Club career

Sudo was born in Kokubunji on 7 April 1984. She was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from youth team in 2000 and played until 2013. In 14 seasons, she played 156 games and scored 15 goals and the club won the L.League championship 8 times. At the end of the 2013 season, she retired.[1]

National team career

In August 2002, Sudo was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship.[2] On 12 January 2003, she debuted for Japan national team against United States.[3] She was a member of Japan for 2003 World Cup. She subsequently played the 2006 Asian Games, where she scored against Jordan,[4] the 2010 EAFF Championship, which Japan won,[5] and the 2010 Asian Cup,[6] which marked qualification for the 2011 World Cup, which Japan eventually won. She played 15 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2010. She also played the 2003[7] and 2007 Summer Universiade.

National team statistics

[3] [8]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200320
200400
200551
200611
200700
200800
200900
201071
Total153

Notes and References

  1. http://www.verdy.co.jp/lancelot/cms/siteuser/newsdetail/user_id/f98c078b5e46cce02fd686fadbff9929/id/605595f5604ce4c4662b3650f6be43c0 Nippon TV Beleza
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20151120014848/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=190315/index.html FIFA
  3. http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/women/daihyo/data/WGame.pdf Japan Football Association
  4. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/02/eng20061202_327600.html Japan gives Jordan footballing masterclass
  5. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastasia-wom2010.html Line-ups and squads
  6. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/05/27/asia/asian-cup--wc-qualifying/japan/australia/938146/ Line-ups
  7. http://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/729.pdf Squads
  8. List of match in 2010 at Japan Football Association