Yasuhito Endō

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Yasuhito Endō
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Endō playing for Japan in 2010
Personal information
Full name Yasuhito Endō[1]
Date of birth (1980-01-28) 28 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Sakurajima Town,
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka
Number 7
Youth career
1995–1997 Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Yokohama Flügels 16 (1)
1999–2001 Kyoto Purple Sanga 53 (10)
2001– Gamba Osaka 482 (94)
International career‡
1998–1999 Japan U-20 11 (1)
1999 Japan U-23 7 (0)
2002–2015[3] Japan 152 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2015

Yasuhito Endō (遠藤 保仁 Endō Yasuhito?, born 28 January 1980 in Kagoshima City in Kagoshima Prefecture) is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka.[4] His older brother Akihiro, who retired in 2008, is also a former professional footballer, and was selected as one of Japan under-23 national football team members played at 1996 Olympics. He is considered a cult hero at Gamba Osaka and the Japan National Football Team. It is because he has formidable passing ability, leadership, and goal scoring ability. He is also known for his excellent accuracy on free kicks and is revered as one of Japan's most creative midfielders as well as one of the most talented Japanese footballers of his generation, despite playing domestically in his home country.

Career

In 2011, he became the first J. League player to be named in the J. League Best Eleven 9 times. In 2009, he was named "Player of the Year" by the Asian Football Confederation.[5]

In 2012, he extended his record and became the first Japanese player to be selected in the J. League Best Eleven ten consecutive times in a row in the midfield position.[6]

International career

Endō played 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and Japan finished as runner-up, losing to Spain in the final. Since 2002, Endō has been a member of the senior national team, and was selected for Japan's 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup squads.[7] He also was a member of the 2004 and 2011 AFC Asian Cup winning teams.

On 24 June 2010, Endō scored from a free-kick against Denmark in a 3–1 win as Japan qualified for the second round of the World Cup.[8]

On 12 October 2010, he became the fourth player to earn 100th full international cap for Japan in a friendly match against South Korea. On 16 October 2012, Endo became Japan's most capped player in a friendly against Brazil.[9] His start in this match was his 123rd appearance for the national team, surpassing Masami Ihara's previous record of 122 caps.[9]

File:Melbourne Victory v Gamba Osaka mar08.jpg
Endō playing for Gamba Osaka in a AFC Champions League match against Melbourne Victory

Endō was included in Japan's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and scored the team's opening goal of the tournament in a 4–0 defeat of Palestine.[10] In the team's next match, he won his 150th cap as Japan defeated Iraq 1–0.[11]

Career statistics

As of 22 May 2016
Club Season League1 Emperor's Cup League Cup Champions League Other* Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kagoshima Jitsugyō H.S. 1997 — 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total — 1 0 — — — 1 0
Yokohama Flügels 1998 16 1 - 4 0 — — 20 1
Total 16 1 - 4 0 — — 20 1
Kyoto Purple Sanga 1999 24 4 2 0 2 0 — — 28 4
2000 29 5 1 0 6 1 — — 36 6
Total 53 9 3 0 8 0 — — 64 10
Gamba Osaka 2001 29 4 3 1 4 0 — — 36 5
2002 30 5 1 0 8 1 — — 39 6
2003 30 4 2 0 6 0 — — 38 4
2004 29 9 3 0 - — — 32 9
2005 33 10 2 0 4 0 — — 39 10
2006 25 9 4 1 - 5 3 4 1 38 14
2007 34 8 4 0 8 1 — 1 0 47 9
2008 27 6 3 0 1 0 10 3 3 2 44 11
2009 32 10 4 3 2 0 6 1 1 0 45 14
2010 30 3 2 2 - 3 0 1 0 36 5
2011 33 4 - - 7 1 - 40 5
2012 34 5 4 3 2 0 4 1 - 44 9
2013 33 5 - - - - 33 5
2014 34 6 5 0 6 0 - - 45 6
2015 37 5 4 0 3 1 12 0 1 0 58 6
2016 12 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 18 2
Total 482 94 42 10 44 3 52 10 12 3 632 120
Career total 551 104 46 10 57 4 52 10 12 3 717 131

*Includes other competitive competitions, including the Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup and 1 includes J. League Championship appearances.

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2002 1 0
2003 11 1
2004 16 2
2005 8 0
2006 8 0
2007 13 1
2008 16 3
2009 12 0
2010 15 2
2011 13 0
2012 11 1
2013 16 2
2014 8 2
2015 4 1
Total 152 15

International goals

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Endō playing for Gamba Osaka in 2011
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 August 2003 National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Nigeria
3–0
3–0
 Friendly Match (Kirin Challenge Cup 2003)
2. 7 February 2004 Kashima Stadium, Kashima, Japan  Malaysia
4–0
4–0
 Friendly Match (Kirin Challenge Cup 2004)
3. 7 July 2004 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan  Serbia and Montenegro
1–0
1–0
 Kirin Cup 2004
4. 16 July 2007 My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnam
2–1
4–1
 2007 AFC Asian Cup
5. 6 February 2008 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan  Thailand
1–0
4–1
 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
6. 7 June 2008 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman  Oman
1–1
1–1
 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
7. 6 September 2008 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Bahrain
2–0
3–2
 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
8. 14 February 2010 National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  South Korea
1–0
1–3
 2010 East Asian Football Championship
9. 24 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Denmark
2–0
3–1
 2010 FIFA World Cup
10. 15 August 2012 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan  Venezuela
1–0
1–1
 Friendly
11. 6 September 2013 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Guatemala
3–0
3–0
 Friendly
12. 10 September 2013 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan  Ghana
2–1
3–1
 Friendly
13. 2 June 2014 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States  Costa Rica
1–1
3–1
 Friendly
14. 14 November 2014 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan  Honduras
3–0
6–0
 Friendly
15. 12 January 2015 Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, Australia  Palestine
1–0
4–0
 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Club

Yokohama Flügels
Gamba Osaka

International

Individual

References

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External links

  • Yasuhito Endō – FIFA competition record
  • Yasuhito Endō at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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