Shintaro Kato
加藤慎太郎^[1][2][3]

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24)[4]
Place of birth	Edogawa, Tokyo[5]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[6]
Position(s)	Defender[7]
Team information
Current team	Vanraure Hachinohe[8]
Number	19[9]
Youth career
	Mitsubishi Yowa
	Senshu University[14][15]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Blaublitz Akita[10][11]	3	(0)
2023–	→ Vanraure Hachinohe (loan)	16	(0)
International career‡
2018	Japan U-19[12][13]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:01, 29 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Shintaro Kato^[16] (加藤慎太郎, Kato Shintaro, born 18 October 1999) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Vanraure Hachinohe, on loan from Blaublitz Akita.

Career

Kato was born in Edogawa, Tokyo on 18 October 1999.^[17] He began playing football competitively at age 3^[18] 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.^[19]

In April, he debuted against Fagiano Okayama as a substitute centre-back.^[20][21][22]

He netted his first professional headed goal in the Nambu derby on 14 May 2023.^[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 November 2022.^[24]

Notes