Shinya Kadono (born 30 January 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a

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for Irvine Zeta in the

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. Signed by Irvine Zeta FC March 2023 who play in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA).

Career

After a successful college career at Cal and one season in

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with the

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, Kadono was selected by

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Suppo ...

in the

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in the third round (72nd overall). Though D.C. United declined to offer him a contract in their preseason, he was signed by their USL Championship affiliate Loudoun United. In May 2019, Kadono was called up to D.C. United for a friendly against

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side

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. On 27 July 2019, Kadono joined

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on a loan for the remainder of the

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. He scored his first goal in his debut for Tormenta FC against

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that same day. Kadono joined the California United Strikers on 26 February 2020.

References

External links

Profile at California Golden Bears website
* 1997 births Living people Men's association football forwards California United Strikers FC players California Golden Bears men's soccer players D.C. United draft picks Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese men's footballers Loudoun United FC players Orange County SC U-23 players San Francisco Glens players Sportspeople from Irvine, California Soccer players from Orange County, California Tormenta FC players USL Championship players USL League One players USL League Two players National Independent Soccer Association players {{Japan-footy-forward-1990s-stub