Koji Kondo (footballer)

Koji Kondo
今藤幸治
Personal information
Full name	Koji Kondo
Date of birth	April 28, 1972
Place of birth	Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Date of death	April 17, 2003 (aged 30)
Place of death	Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1988–1990	Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1998	Gamba Osaka
Total
International career
1994	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Koji Kondo (Japanese: 今藤幸治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji, April 28, 1972 – April 17, 2003) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kondo was born in Kariya on April 28, 1972. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined Matsushita Electric (later Gamba Osaka) in 1991. From 1992, he played as regular player at many positions, midfielder and side-back. However at 1996 Emperor's Cup on December 29, he hit his head against an opponent. An examination afterwards found a brain tumor. This match became his last match, and he left the club in June 1998. He played 133 games and scored 4 goals in the league.^{[citation needed]}

National team career

On May 22, 1994, Kondo debuted for Japan national team against Australia. He played as right side-back. On May 29, he also played against France.^[1]

Death

On April 17, 2003, Kondo died of a brain tumor in Toyoake, Aichi, at the age of 30.^[2]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1991/92	Matsushita Electric	JSL Division 1	0	0			0	0	0	0
1992	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	-				9	0	9	0
1993			28	0	2	0	2	0	32	0
1994			38	0	3	0	3	0	44	0
1995			43	4	4	1	-		47	5
1996			24	0	3	0	9	0	36	0
1997			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			133	4	12	1	23	0	167	5

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	2	0
Total	2	0

References

^ ^a ^b "KONDO Koji". Japan National Football Team Database. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "今藤幸治氏死去／元サッカー日本代表選手" [Koji Kondo Dead: Former Player for Japan's National Team]. Shikoku News (in Japanese). 17 April 2003.

External links

Koji Kondo at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Koji Kondo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[JNFTD-1] "KONDO Koji". Japan National Football Team Database. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "今藤幸治氏死去／元サッカー日本代表選手" [Koji Kondo Dead: Former Player for Japan's National Team]. Shikoku News (in Japanese). 17 April 2003.

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