| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sho Kitano | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-11-20) November 20, 1984 (age 40) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Yokohama F. Marinos | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | YKK AP | 20 | (9) | |||||||||||
| Total | 29 | (9) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Japan U-17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Sho Kitano (北野 翔, Kitano Sho, born November 20, 1984) is a former Japanese football player.
Club career
Kitano was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on November 20, 1984. He joined the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team in 2003. However he did not play much, and he moved to Vissel Kobe in August 2005. He did not play much there, so he moved to the Japan Football League club YKK AP in 2007. Although he played often, he retired at the end of the 2007 season.
National team career
In September 2001, Kitano was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2001 U-17 World Championship. He played all 3 matches as substitutes.
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 | ||||||
| 2003 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Vissel Kobe | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | YKK AP | Football League | 20 | 9 | - | - | 20 | 9 | ||
| Total | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 10 | ||
Honors
- 2000 AFC U-17 Championship Top Scorer
References
External links
- Sho Kitano – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sho Kitano at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Japan Football League players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Vissel Kobe players
- Kataller Toyama players
- Men's association football forwards
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football forward, 1980s birth stubs