Hijiri Kato
 Kato playing for Japan U-19 in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyogo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fagiano Okayama | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vissel Kobe | |||
| –2013 | Kanokodai FC | ||
| 2014–2019 | JFA Academy Fukushima | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 61 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | (1) |
| 2025– | Fagiano Okayama | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Japan U-18 | ||
| 2019 | Japan U-19 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024, 16:22 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021, 17:04 (UTC) | |||
Hijiri Kato (加藤 聖, Kato Hijiri, born 16 September 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left-back and currently play for J1 League club, Fagiano Okayama.
Career
On 4 September 2019, Kato was announced that would join V-Varen Nagasaki from 2020 season, along with Asahi Uenaka, a fellow student at JFA Academy Fukushima.[1]
On 27 March 2021, this is second year of Kato, he made his professional debut by appearing as a substitute in the match against Omiya Ardija in Matchweek 5 of J2. On 25 August of the same year, he scored his first professional goal in the 24th round of J2 against Zweigen Kanazawa.[2]
On 7 July 2023, Kato will announcement officially permanent transfer to Yokohama F. Marinos for mid 2023 season.[3]
On 8 January 2025, Kato announce official transfer to J1 promoted club, Fagiano Okayama for 2025 season.[4]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2021 | J2 League | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2022 | J2 League | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | J2 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | ||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2023 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | J1 League | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Fagiano Okayama | 2025 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 74 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 4 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the AFC Champions League
References
- ^ 植中 朝日選手、加藤 聖選手 新加入内定のお知らせ, V・ファーレン長崎, 4 September 2019, retrieved 10 March 2020
- ^ 長崎が金沢との延期分を制す! 北関東ダービー勝利の群馬は今季初連勝【明治安田J2第24節&25節】, 超 WORLD サッカー, 25 August 2021, retrieved 18 September 2021
- ^ 加藤 聖選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ, 横浜F・マリノス, 24 July 2023, retrieved 24 July 2023
- ^ 加藤 聖選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ, ファジアーノ岡山, 8 January 2025, retrieved 9 January 2025
- ^ Hijiri Kato at Soccerway
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2025 Hijiri Kato Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
External links
- Hijiri Kato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
