is a Japanese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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for and
captains
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Bundesliga
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club
VfB Stuttgart
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. He represents the
Japan national team, playing mainly as a winger(striker).
Club career
Endo began his professional career with
Shonan Bellmare
is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka ...
. He later played for
Sint-Truiden
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until 2019.
On 13 August 2019, Endo was loaned out to
VfB Stuttgart
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until the end of the season. In April 2020, Stuttgart signed Endo permanently. On 26 November 2020, Endo extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2024.
On 25 February 2022, Endo scored Stuttgart's only goal in a 1–2 loss to
TSG Hoffenheim
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.
He scored again in the club's 3–2 win over
Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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
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Bayern Munich are the ten-time consecutive defending champions.
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.
International career
On 23 July 2015,
Japan's coach
Vahid Halilhodžić
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called Endo up to the squad for the upcoming
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
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First preliminary round
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. He was named in Japan's squad for the
2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,
although he did not play in any of their matches.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Endo goal.''
Honours
Shonan Bellmare
*
J.League Division 2
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:
2014
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Urawa Red Diamonds
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J.League Cup
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:
2016
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Suruga Bank Championship:
2017
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AFC Champions League:
2017
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Japan U23
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AFC U-23 Championship:
2016
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Japan
*
AFC Asian Cup runner-up:
2019
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References
External links
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Profile at Urawa Reds*
1993 births
Living people
Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Japanese footballers
Association football defenders
Japan international footballers
Japan youth international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Belgian First Division A players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Shonan Bellmare players
Urawa Red Diamonds players
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
VfB Stuttgart players
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Japan
2018 FIFA World Cup players
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Japanese expatriate footballers
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
2022 FIFA World Cup players
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