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Wataru Endo
Endo with VfB Stuttgart in 2019
Personal information
Full name Wataru Endo[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre back
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 3
Youth career
2008–2010 Shonan Bellmare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Shonan Bellmare 158 (23)
2016–2018 Urawa Red Diamonds 73 (5)
2018–2020 Sint-Truiden 20 (2)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 21 (1)
2020–2023 VfB Stuttgart 99 (12)
2023– Liverpool 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Japan U19 4 (0)
2015–2016 Japan U23 11 (2)
2021 Japan Olympic (O.P.) 6 (0)
2015– Japan[3] 50 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Runner-up 2019 United Arab Emirates
AFC U-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:44, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Wataru Endo (遠藤 航, Endō Wataru, born 9 February 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre back. He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and is the current captain of the Japan national team.

Club career

Endo began his professional career with Shonan Bellmare. He later played for Sint-Truiden until 2019.[4]

On 13 August 2019, Endo was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[5] In April 2020, Stuttgart signed Endo permanently.[6] On 26 November 2020, Endo extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2024.[7]

On 25 February 2022, Endo scored Stuttgart's only goal in a 1–2 loss to TSG Hoffenheim.[8] He scored again in the club's 3–2 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[9] On 14 May 2022, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time in a 2–1 win over 1. FC Köln to save Stuttgart from the relegation playoffs and secure their place in the 2022–23 Bundesliga.[10]

International career

On 23 July 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called Endo up to the squad for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[11] He was named in Japan's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[12] although he did not play in any of their matches.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shonan Bellmare 2010 J.League Division 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 — 7 1
2011 J2 League 34 1 4 0 — — 38 1
2012 J2 League 32 7 1 0 — — 33 7
2013 J1 League 17 3 1 0 — — 18 3
2014 J2 League 38 7 1 0 — — 39 7
2015 J1 League 31 4 0 0 1 0 — 32 4
Total 158 23 7 0 2 0 — 167 23
Urawa Red Diamonds 2016 J1 League 29 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 39 0
2017 J1 League 30 3 1 0 2 0 13 1 46 4
2018 J1 League 16 2 4 0 4 0 — 24 2
Total 75 5 6 0 9 0 19 1 109 6
Sint-Truiden 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 26 2 2 0 — — 28 2
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 29 2 2 0 — — 31 2
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 21 1 1 0 — — 22 1
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga 33 3 3 0 — — 36 3
2021–22 Bundesliga 33 4 1 0 — — 34 4
2022–23 Bundesliga 33 5 5 1 — 2 0 40 6
2023–24 Bundesliga 0 0 1 1 — — 1 1
Total 120 13 11 2 — 2 0 133 15
Career total 382 42 26 2 11 0 21 1 440 45

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2015 5 0
2016 2 0
2017 4 0
2018 4 0
2019 7 1
2020 3 0
2021 9 1
2022 13 0
2023 3 0
Total 50 2
As of match played 20 June 2023.[14]
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Endo goal.
List of international goals scored by Wataru Endo
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2019 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan 21  Mongolia 5–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 25 March 2021 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 26  South Korea 3–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Shonan Bellmare

Urawa Red Diamonds

Japan U23

Japan

Individual

  • Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards: Best XI (2022)[15]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Wataru Endo".
  4. ^ W. Endo at Soccerway.com
  5. ^ "Wataru Endo joins VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Wataru Endo Transfers to VfB Stuttgart". stvv.com. Sint-Truidense V.V. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Wataru Endo commits until 2024". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. ^ "TSG Hoffenheim - VfB Stuttgart". kicker.de. kicker.de. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Der coole Kalajdzic krönt eine famose VfB-Aufholjagd". kicker.de. kicker.de. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Bundesliga | Wataru Endo's injury-time winner over Cologne seals dramatic salvation for VfB Stuttgart". www.bundesliga.com. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. ^ "EAFF東アジアカップ2015（8/2～9＠中国／武漢） SAMURAI BLUE（日本代表）メンバー・スケジュール". JFA. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  12. ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  13. ^ Japan National Football Team Database (in Japanese)
  14. ^ "Wataru Endō". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  15. ^ Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards
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