Yasuhito Endo
| Yasuhito Endo | ||
 Yasuhito Endō, 2008
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | January 28, 1980 | |
| place of birth | Kagoshima , Japan | |
| size | 177 cm | |
| position | Defensive Midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1995-1997 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1998 | Yokohama wing | 16 (1) |
| 1999-2000 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 53 (9) |
| 2001– | Gamba Osaka | 592 (99) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1998-1999 | Japan U-20 | 11 (1) |
| 1999 | Japan U-23 | 7 (0) |
| 2002-2015 | Japan | 152 (15) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: October 7, 2019 |
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Yasuhito Endō ( Japanese 遠藤 保 仁 Endō Yasuhito ; born January 28, 1980 in Sakurajima , Kagoshima-gun (today: Kagoshima ), Kagoshima Prefecture ) is a Japanese football player . The defensive midfielder is under contract with Gamba Osaka . Since October 16, 2012, he has been the record player for the Japanese national team .
Career
society
Endō moved in 1999 from Yokohama Wing to Kyoto Purple Sanga in the J. League . In 2001 he went to Gamba Osaka . There he became a reliable and tech-savvy player. In 2002 he made his debut for the Japanese national team . He then took part in the Confederations Cup in 2005 and was used as a substitute.
National team
With Japan he won the Asian Cup in 2004 and 2011 . He was also responsible for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany and 2010 in South Africa nominated.
On October 12, 2012, he made his 122nd international match in a 1-0 win against France , setting the record for Masami Ihara , who had been a record international player since 1995. Four days later, Endo became the sole record holder in a 4-0 draw against Brazil with his 123rd international match.
Private
Yasuhito Endō runs several football schools called Endō-juku. His older brother Akihiro Endō was also active as a football player in the J. League (for Yokohama F. Marinos and Vissel Kobe ) and is now the head coach of the Endō-juku Shin-Ōsaka.
successes
National team
society
Gamba Osaka
- AFC Champions League : 2008
- Japanese champion : 2005, 2014
- Emperor's Cup : 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015
- Japanese League Cup : 2007, 2014
- Japanese Super Cup : 2007, 2015
Awards
- Asia's Footballer of the Year : 2009
- Best Player of the AFC Champions League : 2008
- J. League Footballer of the Year : 2014
- J. League Best Eleven: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Web links
- Yasuhito Endō in the database of weltfussball.de
- Yasuhito Endō in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Yasuhito Endō in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Yasuhito Endō in the soccerway.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ 第 35 回 遠藤 彰 弘 さ ん 【松原 良 香 コ ラ ム “サ ッ カ ー 人”】 . In: Matsubara Yoshika Official Site. Retrieved September 20, 2015 (Japanese).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yasuhito, Endo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 遠藤 保 仁 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sakurajima , Kagoshima-gun (now: Kagoshima ), Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan |