Shintaro Kato
Japanese footballer
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Shintaro Kato (加藤慎太郎, Kato Shintaro; born 18 October 1999) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Vanraure Hachinohe.
Date of birth
18 October 1999
Place of birth
Edogawa, Tokyo
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position
Defender
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 October 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Edogawa, Tokyo | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vanraure Hachinohe | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Friendly SC | |||
| –2017 | Mitsubishi Yowa | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Senshu University[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Blaublitz Akita | 3 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Vanraure Hachinohe (loan) | 41 | (4) |
| 2025– | → Vanraure Hachinohe (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025 | → FC Gifu (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Japan U-19[3] | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career
Kato was born in Edogawa, Tokyo on 18 October 1999.[4] He began playing football competitively at age 3[5] and had belonged to the local junior youth team at Mitsubishi Yowa. After graduating from Senshu University, he joined J2 League club Blaublitz Akita in 2022.[6]
In April, he debuted against Fagiano Okayama as a substitute centre-back.[7]
He netted his first professional headed goal in the Nambu derby on 14 May 2023.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 25 November 2022.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Blaublitz Akita[5] | 2022[10] | J2 League[citation needed] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Vanraure Hachinohe | 2023 | J3 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
- Notes
