is a former

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player and manager he is the current assistant head coach

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Playing career

Kudo was born in

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on June 21, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Yamaha Motors (later ''Júbilo Iwata'') in 1993. He played many matches as mainly right midfielder. The club won the champions 1997 J1 League and 1998 J.League Cup. In late 1998, he moved to

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on loan. Although the club results were bad, the club stayed

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. In 1999, he returned to Júbilo Iwata. He became a regular player as right side back. However he lost regular position in 2000 and he moved to

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in May 2000. He could not become a regular player and the club was relegated to J2 in 2002. From 2002, he became a regular player and the club returned to J1 from 2003. He played as many positions in midfielder position. In 2006, he moved to

. Although he played as regular player, the club was relegated to J2 from 2007. From 2007, he played many matches as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 from 2011. However he retired end of 2010 season.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Kudo started coaching career at

in 2011. He mainly coached for youth team. In 2016, he moved to

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and became a coach for top team. In 2018, he returned to Avispa and became a coach for top team. In June 2019, he became a manager as

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successor.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

Update; ''December 31, 2018''

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* * * 1974 births Living people Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Júbilo Iwata players Avispa Fukuoka players Cerezo Osaka players Association football midfielders Japanese football managers J2 League managers Avispa Fukuoka managers Thespakusatsu Gunma managers {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub