Naoya Kondo

Naoya Kondo
Personal information
Full name	Naoya Kondo
Date of birth	October 3, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1999–2001	Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2015	Kashiwa Reysol
2016–2018	JEF United Chiba
2019–2020	Tokyo Verdy
Total
National team
2003	Japan U-20
2012	Japan
Honours
Kashiwa Reysol
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Naoya Kondo (近藤直也, Kondo Naoya, born October 3, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Kondo was born in Utsunomiya on October 3, 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from their 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 to J2 League end of the 2009 season. In 2010, he played all 34 matches except 2 matches for suspension. Reysol also won the champions in J2 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 the 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. He played as regular center back in 3 seasons. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy. He retired end of the 2020 season.

In 2003, Kondo was selected the Japan U-20 national football team for 2003 World Youth Championship and played 3 matches. On February 24, 2012, he debuted for Japan national team against Iceland.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		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	-		32	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	39	2
2013			31	2	2	0	5	0	11	1	49	3
2014			18	0	1	0	7	0	-		26	0
2015			7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
2016	JEF United Chiba	J2 League	35	2	0	0	-		-		35	2
2017			38	4	1	0	-		-		38	4
2018			37	2	0	0	-		-		37	2
2019	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	28	0	1	0	-		-		29	0
2020	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	17	1	-		-		-		17	1
Country	Japan		401	20	22	1	37	0	16	1	476	22
Total			401	20	22	1	37	0	16	1	476	22