Recently, bad news came from Japanese football, former international Taketo Kudo died of illness at the age of 32. At the peak of Kudo's career, he played for Kashiwa Sun God and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-League, and also played in the MLS and the Australian Premier League. He began to decline in the middle and later part of his career, playing for Miyazaki Bullbird in the J3 League. Before a J3 League match, he was suddenly unwell and taken to the hospital, was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and underwent surgery, but his condition deteriorated and he eventually died of unsuccessful rescue.
The former international actually has some ties to the Chinese Super League, having played against Guangzhou and Shandong Taishan in the AFC Champions League. First of all, in the 2012 AFC Champions League, Guangzhou defeated Kashiwa Sun God 3-1 in two legs, and Kudo was a first-hand witness. In the 2013 AFC Champions League, the season when Guangzhou became famous in the AFC Champions League, Kashiwa Sun God and Guangzhou met in the semifinals, one is the old strong team of the AFC Champions League and the J League, and the other is the new team in the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League, but did not expect Guangzhou to defeat Kashiwa Sun God 8-1 in two legs, and Kudo played the full 90 minutes in both legs.
Then, in the 2015 season, Kashiwa Sun God faced Shandong Taishan in the group stage, winning 1 win and drawing 1 in 2 games, and Kudo scored a goal. In the 1/4 final of the AFC Champions League in the same season, Kashiwa met Guangzhou again at its peak, this time being eliminated 2-4 on aggregate, and Kudo scored a goal. When playing against Guangzhou in the 2013 season, Kashiwa Sunshine was beaten 1-4 by the Chinese Super League giants, and Kudo made a boastful statement before the game, hoping that last year's defeat can now be doubled back, but he did not expect to lose even worse this time. By the 2015 season, Kudo's speech had matured a lot, and he felt that they could do a miracle to eliminate the Chinese Super League team, but in the end it did not materialize.
Kudo's two statements were ridiculed by us, and the final result proved to be whimsical, but he did not take his opponent lightly, and he did motivate himself and the team in his own way, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too large. Since then, Kudo's morale and morale have been lost by the Guangzhou team, and he has had a head collision and fracture accident when he played in the MLS, and the trajectory of development has not been as good as before, but his attitude towards the game has not changed, he has always been optimistic and positive, maintaining enthusiasm for the game, and taking football and life extremely seriously.
Relatives and friends around him who knew Taketo Kudo spoke highly of him, and his last social media was lamenting the closure of a barbecue restaurant he liked, and the owner of the barbecue restaurant also felt pain for his death after his death. Kudo's teammates said that before each competition, he would do some facial cleansing and show respect for the competition, while maintaining 100% commitment to the game and training regardless of the peak or trough of his career, and never sloppy.
However, sometimes I really feel that the same people are different, once in the AFC Champions League, Chinese players Gao Lin and Kudo Zhuangren, both are the main strikers of their respective clubs, and they are also the internationals of their respective national teams, but some time ago Gao Lin earned nearly 100 million yuan because of the sale of his mansion, but Kudo Zhuangren left his beloved football field forever at the age of 32. Of course, there is no problem with Gao Lin, he also relies on his own ability to develop and status today, but lamented that Kudo Zhuangren's life is too short. In fact, most people are just ordinary people, as long as they live a wonderful life, even if they succeed, Kudo should have no regrets in life.