Jun Endō

Jun Endō
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Angel City FC and the Japan women's national team. She also plays as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Endo was born in Fukushima Prefecture on 24 May 2000. In 2018, she joined L.League club Nippon TV Beleza from JFA Academy Fukushima LSC. In 2019, Endo won the Asia Football Confederation's Women's Club Championship with Nippon TV Beleza.
On 20 December, 2021, Endo signed with NWSL club Angel City FC. On 29 April 2022, she assisted the first goal and scored the second in Angel City's first ever regular season game, a win over North Carolina Courage, and was awarded Player of the Match. In her first season with Angel City, Endo played 22 games and racked up 1,925 minutes.
International career
Youth
In 2016, Endo was selected for the Japan U-17 national team for the 2016 U-17 World Cup. She played in four matches and scored three goals, and Japan won second place.
In 2018, Endo was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2018 U-20 World Cup. She played in all six matches and scored two goals, and Japan won the championship.
Senior
In February 2019, Endo was selected for the Japan national team for the SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on 27 February, she played for the first time against the United States.
In 2019, Endo was the youngest member of the 2019 Japanese World Cup team and played in three of Japan's four games.
In February 2023, Endo was selected for the Japan national team for the SheBelieves Cup. She scored in Japan's 3-0 win over Canada. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.
Personal life
Endo is the youngest of four children. Her father is a football coach, and her mother is a teacher, and her family lived next door to her grandparents in her hometown of Shirakawa in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. The April 2011 Fukushima earthquake struck while Endo, then 10 years old, was in class and heavily damaged her school. Her family and their homes survived, and they were not required to evacuate from the subsequent release of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; as she wasn't allowed to go outside, she continued to practice football inside her home, which contributed to her ability to handle the ball in confined spaces. In a 2023 interview, Endo said that at the time she had been bullied by youth players who would often act like players from Fukushima were "contaminated" by radioactivity. Despite this, the subsequent Japanese victory at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup inspired Endo to continue her football career.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Endo goal.
Honours
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Nadeshiko League: 2018, 2019
Empress's Cup: 2019, 2020
Nadeshiko League Cup: 2018, 2019
AFC Women's Club Championship: 2019
Japan U20
AFC U-19 Women's Championship: 2017
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2018
Japan
EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2019
References
External links
Japan Football Association
2000 births
Living people
Association football people from Fukushima Prefecture
Japanese women's footballers
Japan women's international footballers
Nadeshiko League players
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
Women's association football forwards
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Japan
Japanese expatriate women's footballers
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Angel City FC players
National Women's Soccer League players
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players