Masato Kudo: Former Japanese worldwide and MLS soccer participant dies aged 32

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Japanese soccer membership Tegevajaro Miyazaki has introduced the demise of striker Masato Kudo at age 32, the Japan Instances stories.

“From his achievements within the J1 to being chosen for the Samurai Blue, Kudo was an extremely completed participant. However regardless of that he was by no means conceited and cherished his teammates, the membership and our supporters. He personified our membership slogan, ‘shinshi’ (honest). For that kind of participant to go away us so quickly is unhappy and unlucky, ” the membership’s president, Keita Nimura ​mentioned.

Kudo, a former Japanese Worldwide and MLS soccer participant, was identified with hydrocephalus – a buildup of fluid within the ventricles of the mind – and hospitalized on October 3 after falling unwell the day past, Reuters reported.

The Japanese Skilled Soccer League confirmed his passing on Twitter:

“Together with the complete Japanese soccer neighborhood, we mourn the passing of Masato Kudo and want to specific our most heartfelt condolences to his household and pals,” the assertion learn.

Whereas enjoying for Kashiwa Reysol originally of his profession, Kudo turned the membership’s main scorer within the prime division of Japanese soccer and received Japan’s three main membership titles, native media reported.

He performed 4 matches for Japan’s nationwide group in 2013, scoring two objectives, earlier than leaving the nation to hitch the Vancouver Whitecaps FC for the 2016 MLS season.

“Kudo was cherished by all who had the pleasure of understanding him,” Whitecaps FC mentioned in a press release. “He was form, gracious, and his smile would gentle up the room.”

Tributes additionally flooded in from Australia, the place Kudo performed for Brisbane Roar through the 2020-21 Isuzu UTE A-League season, making 14 appearances for the membership.

“He had such an exquisite persona and all the time turned as much as coaching each morning with a beaming smile on his face,” the A-League males’s head coach, Warren Moon, mentioned.

“He might be enormously missed, and our hearts exit to his spouse and younger daughter at this unhappy time.”

Kudo’s former teammates at Brisbane Roar honored him throughout their match on Saturday in opposition to the Western Sydney Wanderers by holding up a jersey together with his identify and quantity on the again.

“Soccer Australia is deeply saddened to listen to of the passing of Japanese ahead Masato Kudo,” Soccer Australia, the game’s governing physique in Australia, additionally tweeted.

“Our honest condolences exit to his pals, household and the broader soccer neighborhood in Japan throughout this tough time.”