Akiko Sudo

Akiko Sudo
須藤安紀子
Personal information
Full name	Akiko Sudo
Date of birth	7 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2013	Nippon TV Beleza
Total
International career
2002	Japan U-20
2003–2010	Japan
Medal record
Nippon TV Beleza
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akiko Sudo (須藤安紀子, Sudō Akiko, born 7 April 1984) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sudo was born in Kokubunji on 7 April 1984. She was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from youth team in 2000 and played until 2013. In 14 seasons, she played 156 games and scored 15 goals and the club won the L.League championship 8 times. At the end of the 2013 season, she retired.^[1]

National team career

In August 2002, Sudo was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship.^[2] On 12 January 2003, she debuted for Japan national team against United States.^[3] She was a member of Japan for 2003 World Cup. She subsequently played the 2006 Asian Games, where she scored against Jordan,^[4] the 2010 EAFF Championship, which Japan won,^[5] and the 2010 Asian Cup,^[6] which marked qualification for the 2011 World Cup, which Japan eventually won. She played 15 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2010. She also played the 2003^[7] and 2007 Summer Universiade.