title: Makoto Kaneko (footballer)
text: # Makoto Kaneko (footballer)
  
  Makoto Kaneko (金子 誠, Kaneko Makoto, born December 9, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Kaneko was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on December 9, 1975. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined the Japan Football League club Ventforet Kofu in 1998. The club was promoted to the new J2 League in 1999. Although he played many matches as a regular midfielder until 2001, the club finished in last place three years in a row (1999-2001). In 2002, he did not play at all and retired at the end of the 2002 season.
  
  ## Club statistics
  
  | Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
  | 1998 | Ventforet Kofu | Football League | | | | | | | | |
  | 1999 | Ventforet Kofu | J2 League | 31 | 3 | | | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
  | 2000 | Ventforet Kofu | J2 League | 34 | 2 | | | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
  | 2001 | Ventforet Kofu | J2 League | 38 | 3 | | | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
  | 2002 | Ventforet Kofu | J2 League | 0 | 0 | | | - | - | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 103 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 8 |
  