Masato Kudo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Masato Kudo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1990[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Date of death | 21 October 2022 (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Miyazaki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2015 | Kashiwa Reysol | 189 | (66) |
| 2016 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | → Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | (1) |
| 2022 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 21 | (3) |
| Total | 297 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Japan U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Japan | 4 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 September 2022 | |||
Masato Kudo (工藤 壮人, Kudō Masato; 6 May 1990 – 21 October 2022) was a Japanese footballer who played as a forward.
On 23 September 2010, Kudo was selected for the Japan Under-21 squad for the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.[2]
On 23 May 2013, Kudo was called up to Japan's senior team for the first time prior to an international exhibition game against Bulgaria.[3]
Personal life and death
On 11 May 2016, during a match, Kudo accidentally violently collided with goalkeeper Matt Lampson and suffered a fractured jaw.[4]
Kudo died from complications of brain surgery on 21 October 2022. He was 32 years old.[5]
