From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga clubs; Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen.

In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

[1] She was also part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[2] and second place at the 2015 World Cup.

At the 2015 World Cup, in the first match against Switzerland, she got a penalty kick, but she fractured her left ankle at that moment.

She earned a PhD in Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences from University of Tsukuba in May 2018.