Wataru Endo (遠藤 航, Endoh Wataru, born 9 February 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. He represents the Japan national team.
![]() Endo with VfB Stuttgart in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Shonan Bellmare | 158 | (23) | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 75 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | VfB Stuttgart | 73 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Japan U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2021 | Japan U23 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
2015– | Japan[2] | 43 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Endo began his professional career with Shonan Bellmare. He later played for Sint-Truiden until 2019.[3]
On 13 August 2019, Endo was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[4] In April 2020, Stuttgart signed Endo permanently.[5] On 26 November 2020, Endo extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2024.[6]
On 25 February 2022, Endo scored Stuttgart's only goal in a 1–2 loss to TSG Hoffenheim.[7] He scored again in the club's 3–2 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[8] 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.[9]
On 23 July 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called Endo up to the squad for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[10] He was named in Japan's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[11] although he did not play in any of their matches.
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
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 | 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 | ||
Total | 158 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 167 | 23 | |||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2016 | J1 League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
2017 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 46 | 4 | ||
2018 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 75 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 109 | 6 | ||
Sint-Truiden | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
VfB Stuttgart | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||||
2022–23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||||
Total | 92 | 9 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 98 | 10 | ||||
Career total | 354 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 405 | 40 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
2016 | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 7 | 1 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 1 | |
2022 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 October 2019 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan | 21 | ![]() | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 25 March 2021 | Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | 26 | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Shonan Bellmare
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan U23
Japan
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