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Shoji Jo
城彰二
Personal information
Date of birth	17 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1991–1993	Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	JEF United Ichihara
1997–2001	Yokohama F. Marinos
1999–2000	→ Real Valladolid (loan)
2002	Vissel Kobe
2003–2006	Yokohama FC
Total
International career
1996	Japan U-23
1995–2001	Japan
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shoji Jo (城彰二, Jō Shōji, born 17 June 1975) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

He was born on the island of Hokkaido and began his footballing career with JEF United Ichihara in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March.

After three seasons with JEF United Ichihara, Jo moved to the Yokohama Marinos (later Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1997. His performances in the 1998–99 season led to a loan move to the Spanish Primera División team Real Valladolid. He failed to make an impact with the club, making just 15 appearances and scoring two goals before sustaining a knee injury. After his return to Japan, Jo struggled to reestablish himself as a regular goal scorer with the Marinos and Vissel Kobe, with whom he joined in 2002. He joined Yokohama FC in 2003, where he scored 12 goals in his first season with them. He helped his club to become J2 Champions in 2006 gained and promotion to J1, but he retired from playing after that season.

International career

On 20 September 1995, Jo debuted for the Japan national team against Paraguay.

He made his first appearance in an international competition with the Japan U-23 national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In October 1996, he played for the Japan senior team for the first time in a year. He also played at the 1996 Asian Cup in December. After the 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan qualified for the 1998 World Cup for the first time in their history. He played at the 1998 World Cup and the 1999 Copa América. He played all matches in both competitions. He played 35 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2001.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JEF United Ichihara	1994	J1 League	33	12	2	0	2	1	37	13
	1995		43	14	0	0	–		43	14
	1996		23	9	1	0	13	4	37	13
	Total		99	35	3	0	15	5	117	40
Yokohama F. Marinos^[c]	1997	J1 League	21	12	2	2	0	0	23	14
	1998		31	25	1	0	0	0	32	25
	1999		25	18	3	1	6	3	34	22
	2000		4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
	2001		25	2	1	0	8	4	34	6
	Total		106	59	7	3	14	7	127	69
Real Valladolid (loan)	1999–2000	La Liga	15	2			–		15	2
Vissel Kobe	2002	J1 League	25	1	1	0	6	2	32	3
Yokohama FC	2003	J2 League	33	12	1	4	–		34	16
	2004		35	8	2	0	–		37	8
	2005		40	12	1	0	–		41	12
	2006		43	12	0	0	–		43	12
	Total		151	44	4	4	0	0	155	48
Career total			396	141	15	7	35	14	446	162

^ Includes Emperor's Cup, Copa del Rey
^ Includes J.League Cup
^ "Yokohama Marinos" until 1999

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1995	1	0
	1996	3	0
	1997	13	4
	1998	10	1
	1999	5	0
	2000	2	2
	2001	1	0
Total		35	7

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jo goal.

List of international goals scored by Shoji Jo
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 February 1997	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	1–1	1997 King's Cup
2	27 March 1997	Muscat, Oman	Nepal	1–0	6–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC first round)
3	7 September 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Uzbekistan	4–0	6–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC final round)
4	16 November 1997	Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Iran	2–2	3–2	1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC play-off)
5	1 March 1998	Yokohama, Japan	South Korea	2–1	2–1	1998 Dynasty Cup
6	6 June 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	Jamaica	1–0	4–0	2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
7	6 June 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	Jamaica	2–0	4–0	2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shoji Jo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Japan National Football Team Database". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.