{{short description|Japanese footballer (1990–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Masato Kudo<br />工藤 壮人 | image = | caption = | fullname = Masato Kudo<ref name="FCWC 2011">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119163204/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1990|5|6|df=y}}<ref name="FCWC 2011"/> | birth_place = Suginami, Tokyo, Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|21|1990|5|6|df=y}} | death_place = Miyazaki, Japan | height = 1.77 m<ref name="FCWC 2011"/> | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 2000–2008 | youthclubs1 = Kashiwa Reysol | years1 = 2009–2015 | clubs1 = Kashiwa Reysol | caps1 = 189 | goals1 = 66 | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = Vancouver Whitecaps | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2017–2020 | clubs3 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = → Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Brisbane Roar | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = Tegevajaro Miyazaki | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 3 | totalcaps = 297 | totalgoals = 80 | nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalteam1 = Japan U23 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2013 | nationalteam2 = Japan | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | club-update = 25 September 2022 | nationalteam-update = }}
{{nihongo|'''Masato Kudo'''|工藤 壮人|Kudō Masato|6 May 1990 – 21 October 2022}} was a Japanese footballer who played as a forward.
==International career== On 23 September 2010, Kudo was selected for the Japan Under-21 squad for the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2010/310.html|title=23/09/2010 Japan U-21 squad announced for Asian Games - News - Japan Football Association}}</ref>
On 23 May 2013, Kudo was called up to Japan's senior team for the first time prior to an international exhibition game against Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2013/78.html|title=23/05/2013 Japan squad named for World Cup qualifier with Australia - News - Japan Football Association}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== On 11 May 2016, during a match, Kudo accidentally violently collided with goalkeeper Matt Lampson and suffered a fractured jaw.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stejskal |first1=Sam |title=Vancouver Whitecaps' Masato Kudo suffers broken jaw, to undergo surgery |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/vancouver-whitecaps-masato-kudo-suffers-broken-jaw-undergo-surgery |website=MLS Soccer |publisher=Major League Soccer L.L.C. |access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref>
Kudo died from complications of brain surgery on 21 October 2022. He was 32 years old.<ref>{{cite news |title=元日本代表FW工藤壮人が32歳で死去。水頭症の診断で手術、17日からICUで治療も帰らぬ人に |url=https://www.goal.com/jp/ニュース/kudo-masato-japan-20221021/blt6304094217abb031 |access-date=21 October 2022 |publisher=Goal |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{Updated|the end of the 2018 season|<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 53 out of 289)</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Emperor's Cup and Canadian Championship.}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes J. League Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs.}} !colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Includes AFC Champions League and CONCACAF Champions League.}} !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Kashiwa Reysol |2009 |3||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- |2010 |27||10||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||11 |- |2011 |25||7||3||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||3||1||33||10 |- |2012 |33||13||5||2||4||2||6||0||colspan="2"|—||48||17 |- |2013 |33||19||2||0||4||2||12||6||1||0||52||27 |- |2014 |34||7||0||0||10||4||1||0||0||0||45||11 |- |2015 |34||10||1||1||2||1||10||4||0||0||47||16 |- !Total !189||66||15||6||22||9||29||10||4||1||259||92 |- |Vancouver Whitecaps |2016 |16||2||0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||2 |- |rowspan="3"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima |2017 |18||3||3||3||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||7 |- |2018 |12||1||2||2||5||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||5 |- !Total !30||4||5||5||9||3||0||0||0||0||44||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !235||72||20||11||31||12||30||10||4||1||320||106 |}
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===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kudo_masato.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |Japan |2013||4||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!4!!2 |}
:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kudo goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Masato Kudo |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | style="text-align:center"|1 || 21 July 2013 || Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea || {{fb|CHN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–3 || 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup |- | style="text-align:center"|2 || 6 September 2013 || Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan || {{fb|GUA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly |}
==Honours== '''Kashiwa Reysol''' *J. League Division 1: 2011 *J. League Division 2: 2010 *Emperor's Cup: 2012 *Japanese Super Cup: 2012 *J. League Cup: 2013 *Suruga Bank Championship: 2014
'''Japan''' *Asian Games: 2010 *EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|351759}} * {{NFT}} * [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kudo_masato.html Japan National Football Team Database] * {{J.League player}} * [https://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/player/top/masato_kudo.html Profile at Sanfrecce Hiroshima] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724060018/https://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/player/top/masato_kudo.html |date=24 July 2019 }} * [http://www.reysol.co.jp/team/players/2013/09.php Profile at Kashiwa Reysol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924171024/http://www.reysol.co.jp/team/players/2013/09.php |date=24 September 2020 }} * {{Soccerway}}
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