| Taro Goto 後藤 太郎 | |
| Fullname: | Taro Goto |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Position: | Forward, Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1985–1987 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tokai University Daigo High School |
| Youthyears2: | 1988–1991 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tokai University |
| Years1: | 1992–1995 |
| Clubs1: | Nagoya Grampus Eight |
| Caps1: | 45 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Clubs2: | JEF United Ichihara |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1997–1998 |
| Clubs3: | Sagan Tosu |
| Caps3: | 37 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 94 |
| Totalgoals: | 10 |
is a former Japanese football player.
Goto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on December 24, 1969. After graduating from Tokai University, he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1992. He played many matches as forward and offensive midfielder from first season. However he lost his opportunity to play in 1995 and he moved to JEF United Ichihara. However he could hardly play in the match in 1996. In 1997, he moved to Japan Football League club Sagan Tosu. He played for the club many matches in 2 seasons and retired end of 1998 season.
| 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 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | J1 League | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | |||
| 1994 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | Sagan Tosu | Football League | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 94 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 113 | 11 | |||