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{{nihongo|'''Yasuhito Endō'''|遠藤 保仁|Endō Yasuhito|born 28 January 1980 in [[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima City]] in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]}} is a Japanese [[association football|footballer]], who currently plays for the [[J. League]] team [[Gamba Osaka]].<ref>{{ja icon}} [http://www.gamba-osaka.net/en/players.html Players | GAMBA OSAKA Official Site<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His older brother [[Akihiro Endō|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 [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's tournament|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 talented midfielders of his generation, despite playing domestically in his home country.
{{nihongo|'''Yasuhito Endō'''|遠藤 保仁|Endō Yasuhito|born 28 January 1980 in [[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima City]] in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]}} is a Japanese [[association football|footballer]], who currently plays for the [[J. League]] team [[Gamba Osaka]].<ref>{{ja icon}} [http://www.gamba-osaka.net/en/players.html Players | GAMBA OSAKA Official Site<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His older brother [[Akihiro Endō|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 [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's tournament|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==
==Career==

Revision as of 18:28, 13 March 2014

Yasuhito Endō
Endō playing for Japan in 2010
Personal information
Full name Yasuhito Endō
Date of birth (1980-01-28) 28 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Kagoshima City,
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
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 Yokohama Flügels 16 (1)
1999–2000 Kyoto Purple Sanga 53 (9)
2001– Gamba Osaka 380 (79)
International career‡
1998–1999 Japan U-20 11 (1)
1999 Japan U-23 7 (0)
2002–[2] Japan 141 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2013

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

International career

Endō played 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and Japan finished 2nd place, 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 and 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.[6] 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.[7] On 12 October 2010, he became the 4th 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.[8] His start in this match was his 123rd appearance for the national team, surpassing Masami Ihara's previous record of 122 caps.[8]

ACL 2008
Endō playing for Gamba Osaka in 2011

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2011
Club Season League 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 0 0 - - - 33 5
Total 399 82 32 10 35 2 35 9 10 3 511 106
Career total 468 92 36 10 47 3 35 9 10 3 596 117
*Includes other competitive competitions, including the Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
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 1 0
Total 141 12

International goals

# 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
1–2
1–4
 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
0–2
2–3
 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, Kanagawa, Japan  Ghana
2–1
3–1
 Friendly

Honours

Club

Yokohama Flügels
Gamba Osaka

International

Individual

References

  1. ^ "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "ENDO Yasuhito". Japan National Football Team Database.
  3. ^ Template:Ja icon Players | GAMBA OSAKA Official Site
  4. ^ "Japan's Yasuhito Endō Named AFC Player of the Year". Goal.com. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  5. ^ "J. League Awards 2012". J. League. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  6. ^ FIFA.com
  7. ^ Sheringham, Sam (24 June 2010). "Denmark 1–3 Japan". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  8. ^ a b "SOCCER/ Endo's Japan record ruined by Brazil thumping". Asahi Shimbun. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  9. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2931/go-global/2011/06/27/2550033/world-player-of-the-week-yasuhito-endo-gamba-osaka

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