{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography |name= Kohei Kato |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname= Kohei Kato |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|6|14|df=y}} |birth_place=Wakayama, Japan |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.73}} |position=Midfielder |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1=2005–2007|youthclubs1=JEF United Chiba |collegeyears1=2008–2011|college1=Ritsumeikan University |years1 = 2012 |clubs1 = Sacachispas |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2012 |clubs2 = Machida Zelvia |caps2 = 29 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2013–2015 |clubs3 = Rudar Pljevlja |caps3 = 61 |goals3 = 8 |years4 = 2015–2016 |clubs4 = Podbeskidzie |caps4 = 35 |goals4 = 1 |years5 = 2016–2018 |clubs5 = Beroe |caps5 = 39 |goals5 = 1 |years6 = 2018 |clubs6 = Sagan Tosu |caps6 = 1 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2019 |clubs7 = Widzew Łódź |caps7 = 11 |goals7 = 0 |years8 = 2019–2020 |clubs8 = St Joseph's |caps8 = 6 |goals8 = 0 |years9 = 2020–2021 |clubs9 = Iskra Danilovgrad |caps9 = 25 |goals9 = 1 |years10 = 2021 |clubs10 = → Podgorica (loan) |caps10 = 14 |goals10 = 1 |years11 = 2021 |clubs11 = Anadia FC |caps11 = 0 |goals11 = 0 |years12 = 2021–2022 |clubs12 = Chiangrai United |caps12 = 15 |goals12 = 1 |years13 = 2022–2023 |clubs13 = FC Ryukyu |caps13 = 8 |goals13 = 0 |years14 = 2023 |clubs14 = FK Jezero |caps14 = 15 |goals14 = 0 |years15 = 2023 |clubs15 = MUST CPK |caps15 = 6 |goals15 = 0 |years16 = 2025 |clubs16 = Kirivong Sok Sen Chey |caps16 = 11 |goals16 = 0 |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 12 May 2025 |nationalteam-update = }}
{{Nihongo|'''Kohei Kato'''|加藤 恒平|Katō Kōhei|born 14 June 1989}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|236556}}</ref>
==Career== After playing in the youth team of JEF United Chiba and in Ritsumeikan University, Kato opted for a career of a globetrotter. After spells with Sacachispas and FC Machida Zelvia in the 2012 J.League Division 2,<ref name="soccerway"/> he played two seasons with FK Rudar Pljevlja in the Montenegrin First League.<ref name="soccerway"/> Next he played with Polish side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała in the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa,<ref name="soccerway"/> before joining Beroe Stara Zagora playing in the Bulgarian First League.<ref name="soccerway"/> In March 2019 Kato became part of the ranks of Polish club Widzew Łódź.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://widzew.com/-/kohei-kato-podpisal-kontrakt-z-widzewem|title=Kohei Kato podpisał kontrakt z Widzewem|language=Polish|work=widzew.com|date=6 March 2019|accessdate=31 January 2022}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In October 2019, he signed for Gibraltar National League side St Joseph's.<ref>[https://twitter.com/StJosephsFCGib/status/1187798305671135232 Welcome Kohei] St Joseph's FC. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.</ref>
==International career== On 26 May 2017, Kato received his first call up for Japan for the friendly game against Syria and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iraq.<ref>[https://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=666023 Берое с японски национал]</ref>
==Honours== ;Rudar Pljevlja *Montenegrin First League: 2014–15<ref name="soccerway"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{J.League player|9472}} *[https://archive.today/20121205070702/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?c=fcmachida&t=player&g=j2&y=2012&l=E J. League (#27)] *{{90minut|29956}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kato, Kohei}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Ritsumeikan University alumni Category:Football people from Wakayama Prefecture Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:Sacachispas Fútbol Club players Category:FC Machida Zelvia players Category:FK Rudar Pljevlja players Category:Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Category:PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Category:Sagan Tosu players Category:Widzew Łódź players Category:St Joseph's F.C. players Category:FK Iskra Danilovgrad players Category:FK Podgorica players Category:Anadia F.C. players Kohei Kato Category:FC Ryukyu players Category:FK Jezero players Category:Kirivong Sok Sen Chey F.C. players Category:J2 League players Kohei Kato Category:Montenegrin First League players Category:Ekstraklasa players Category:II liga players Category:Cambodian Premier League players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Macau Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Macau Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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