is a Japanese former football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kato was born on 2 January 1920. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he joined Tanabe Pharmaceutical in 1947.

Nobuyuki Kato

National team career

When Kato was 31 years old, he was selected for the Japan national team in March 1951 for Japan's first international game since World War II, the 1951 Asian Games. He debuted in that competition on 9 May, against Afghanistan.

Nobuyuki Kato

National team statistics

Honours

Japan

Asian Games Bronze medal: 1951

References

External links

Japan National Football Team Database

1920 births

Possibly living people

University of Tokyo alumni

Japanese men's footballers

Japan men's international footballers

Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC players

Asian Games medalists in football

Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games

Men's association football midfielders

Nobuyuki Kato