Wataru Endo

is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Endo was born in Yokohama on February 9, 1993. He joined J1 League club Shonan Bellmare in 2010. Shonan was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. He played many matches as center back from 2011. Shonan played in J1 in 2013 and 2015. In 2016, he moved to Urawa Reds. He played many matches as center back. Urawa won the 2nd place in 2016 J1 League. In 2017, Urawa won the champions in the 2017 AFC Champions League. In July 2018, he moved to Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truidense. In August 2019, he moved to German 2. Bundesliga club Stuttgart. Stuttgart was promoted to Bundesliga in 2020.

In July 2015, Endo was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against North Korea on August 2. In 2016, he played for the Japan U-23 national team at 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Japan won the champions and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At 2016 Summer Olympics, he played all 3 matches as defensive midfielder. In 2018, he was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup, but he did not play in the match. In 2019, he participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played 5 matches and Japan won the 2nd place.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Shonan Bellmare|2010|J.League Division 1|6|1|0|0|1|0|—|7|1||
|2011|J2 League|34|1|4|0|—|—|38|1|||||
|2012|J2 League|32|7|1|0|—|—|33|7|||||
|2013|J1 League|17|3|1|0|—|—|18|3|||||
|2014|J2 League|38|7|1|0|—|—|39|7|||||
|2015|J1 League|31|4|0|0|1|0|—|32|4||||
|rowspan="4"|Urawa Red Diamonds|2016|J1 League|29|0|1|0|3|0|6|0|39|0|
|2017|J1 League|30|3|1|0|2|0|13|1|46|4|||
|2018|J1 League|16|2|4|0|4|0|—|24|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Sint-Truiden|2018–19|Belgian Pro League|26|2|2|0|—|—|28|2|||
|2019–20|Belgian Pro League|3|0|0|0|—|—|3|0|||||
|VfB Stuttgart (loan)|2019–20|2. Bundesliga|21|1|1|0|—|—|22|1||||
|rowspan="5"|VfB Stuttgart|2020–21|Bundesliga|33|3|3|0|—|—|36|3|||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|33|4|1|0|—|—|34|4|||||
|2022–23|Bundesliga|33|5|5|1|—|2|0|40|6||||
|2023–24|Bundesliga|0|0|1|1|—|—|1|1|||||
|Liverpool|2023–24|Premier League|7|0|0|0|2|0|4|1|13|1||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Japan|2015|5|0|
|2016|2|0|||
|2017|4|0|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|7|1|||
|2020|3|0|||
|2021|9|1|||
|2022|13|0|||
|2023|7|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Endō goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|10 October 2019|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|21||5–0|6–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|2|25 March 2021|Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan|26||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Shonan Bellmare**
- J.League Division 2: 2014

**Urawa Red Diamonds**
- J.League Cup: 2016
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2017
- AFC Champions League: 2017

**Japan U23**
- AFC U-23 Championship: 2016

**Japan**
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019
**Individual**

- J2 League Monthly MVP: April 2014
- Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards: Best XI (2022)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wataru Endō
遠藤 航
- **image**: Wataru endo.jpg
- **caption**: Endō with VfB Stuttgart in 2019
- **full name**: Wataru Endō
- **birth place**: Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Midfielder (association football)#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **clubnumber**: 3
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Shonan Bellmare
- **years1**: 2010–2015
- **clubs1**: Shonan Bellmare
- **caps1**: 158
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2016–2018
- **clubs2**: Urawa Red Diamonds
- **caps2**: 73
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2018–2020
- **clubs3**: Sint-Truidense V.V., Sint-Truiden
- **caps3**: 20
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2019–2020
- **clubs4**: → VfB Stuttgart (loan)
- **caps4**: 21
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2020–2023
- **clubs5**: VfB Stuttgart
- **caps5**: 99
- **goals5**: 12
- **years6**: 2023–
- **clubs6**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2012
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2021
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan Olympic (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalcaps3**: 6
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2015–
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps4**: 54
- **nationalgoals4**: 2
- **club-update**: 16:15, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 00:22, 17 October 2023 (UTC)