Naoya Kondo
近藤 直也
Personal information
Full name Naoya Kondo[1]
Date of birth (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2001 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2015 Kashiwa Reysol 246 (11)
2016–2018 JEF United Chiba 110 (8)
2019–2020 Tokyo Verdy 45 (1)
International career
2003 Japan U-20 3 (0)
2012 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
Winner J1 League 2011
Winner J.League Cup 2013
Winner Emperor's Cup 2012
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2020

Naoya Kondo (近藤 直也, Kondo Naoya, born 3 October 1983) is a Japanese former professional footballer who last played for Tokyo Verdy.[2]

Club career

Kondo was born in Utsunomiya on 3 October 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2002. He got an opportunity to play in 2003 and became a regular center back in 2004. However he could not play many matches for repeated injuries from 2005. He became a regular player again in summer 2009. However Reysol was relegated J2 League end of 2009 season. In 2010, he played all 34 matches except 2 matches for suspension. Reysol also won the champions in J2 League and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2011, Reysol won the champions in J1 League. He was also selected Best Eleven award. From 2012, Reysol won the champions in 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2014. In 2016, he moved to Chiba Prefecture's cross town rivals, JEF United Chiba in J2 League.[3] He played as regular center back in 3 seasons. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.[4]

Kondo retired from professional football in December 2020.[5]

National team career

Kondo was a member of Japan U-20 national football team for 2003 World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates.[6]

On February 24, 2012, Kondo debuted for Japan national team against Iceland.[7]

Club statistics

As of end of 2018 season[8]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Other1 Total
2002 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2003 15 1 0 0 2 0 – – 17 1
2004 26 1 1 0 5 0 – 2 0 34 1
2005 12 0 0 0 4 0 – – 16 0
2006 J2 League 3 0 2 0 – – – 5 0
2007 J1 League 16 1 1 0 2 0 – – 19 1
2008 5 0 0 0 3 0 – – 8 0
2009 22 0 2 0 2 0 – – 26 0
2010 J2 League 34 3 3 1 – – – 37 4
2011 J1 League 31 1 3 0 2 0 – – 36 1
2012 26 2 5 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 40 2
2013 31 2 2 0 5 0 11 1 1 0 50 3
2014 18 0 1 0 7 0 – – 26 0
2015 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 – 9 0
Total 246 11 20 0 37 0 16 1 4 0 323 12
2016 JEF United Chiba J2 League 35 2 0 0 – – – 35 2
2017 38 4 1 0 – – 1 0 39 4
2018 37 2 0 0 – – – 37 2
Total 110 8 1 0 – – 1 0 112 8
2019 Tokyo Verdy J2 League
Total
Career total 356 19 21 1 37 0 16 1 5 0 435 21

1Includes Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

[7]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2012 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Club

Kashiwa Reysol

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
  2. ^ Naoya Kondo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
  4. ^ Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)
  5. ^ "東京V近藤直也が今季限りでの引退を発表…J2最終節後にはセレモニーを実施へ". Soccer King (in Japanese). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ Naoya Kondo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  8. ^ Tokyo Verdy(in Japanese)

External links

Tokyo Verdy – current squad
2011 J.League Team of the Year
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