is a former

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player.

Playing career

Ando was born in

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on May 23, 1974. After graduating from

Komazawa University , abbreviated as 駒大 ''Komadai'', is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist trad ...

, he joined

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club Urawa Reds in 1997. In September, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka on loan and played many matches. In 1998, he returned to Urawa Reds. However he could hardly play in the match behind

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and

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until 2000. From 2001, although Takita and Tsuchida retired, Ando could not play many matches behind young goalkeeper

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and

Norihiro Yamagishi is a Japanese football player. Playing career Yamagishi was born in Kumagaya on 17 May 1978. After graduating from Chukyo University, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds based in his local Saitama Prefecture in 2001. He debuted in 2002 and be ...

. In July 2002, he moved to

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club

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. He battles with

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and

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for the position and he played many matches. The club also won the 2nd place in 2004 and was promoted to J1 from 2005. However he could hardly play in the match behind Aratani from 2005 and he retired end of 2006 season.J.League
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* 1974 births Living people Komazawa University alumni Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Avispa Fukuoka players Omiya Ardija players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub