is a former Japanese

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player.

Playing career

Ito was born in

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

on June 29, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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(later ''Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi'') based in his local in 1995. However the club was disbanded end of 1996 season. In 1997, he moved to

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club

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. Although he played several matches in 1997, he could not play at all in the match from 1998. In 2000, he moved to

club Jatco TT. He retired end of 2000 season.

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* 1976 births Living people Association football people from Mie Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Japan Football League players Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi FC players Nagoya Grampus players Jatco SC players Men's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub