| General |
| Wataru Endo | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Wataru Endo | |
| Date of birth: | 9 February 1993 | |
| Place of birth: | Totsuka-ku, Yokohama,  Japan
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| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position: | Defensive midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Number | 3 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1999–2004 2005–2007 2008–2010 |
Minamitotsuka FC Minamitotsuka Junior High School Shonan Bellmare
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 2016–2018 2018–2020 2019–2020 2020–2023 2023– |
Shonan Bellmare Urawa Red Diamonds Sint-Truiden → VfB Stuttgart (loan) VfB Stuttgart Liverpool
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158 (23) 75 (5) 29 (2) 21 (1) 99 (12) 49 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 2012 2015–2016 2021 2015– |
Japan U19 Japan U23 Japan Olympic Japan
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4 (0) 11 (2) 6 (0) 70 (4) |
Wataru Endo (born 9 February 1993 is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Japan national team.
Endo began his career at J1 League club Shonan Bellmare before moving to Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016, where he won the league title and the 2017 AFC Champions League. In 2018, he joined Sint-Truiden of the Belgian Pro League, before being loaned to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart in 2019. He signed permanently with Stuttgart in April 2020, captaining them during his final season in Germany. Endo joined Liverpool in August 2023.
Endo made his debut for the Japan national team in 2015, and has since made 70 appearances for the national team, including in two FIFA World Cups and two AFC Asian Cups. He captained Japan for the first time in June 2023.
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| Liverpool F.C. squad - 2025–26 |
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1 Alisson · 2 Gomez · 3 Endo · 4 Van Dijk (c) · 5 Konaté · 6 Kerkez · 7 Wirtz · 8 Szoboszlai · 9 Isak · 10 Mac Allister · 11 Salah · 12 Bradley · 14 Chiesa · 15 Leoni · 17 Jones · 18 Gakpo · 22 Ekitike · 25 Mamardashvili · 26 Robertson · 28 Woodman · 30 Frimpong · 38 Gravenberch · 41 Pécsi · 42 Nyoni · 43 Bajcetic · 46 Williams · 47 Ramsay · 73 Ngumoha · Manager: Arne Slot |
| Japan
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| Japan – 2018 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Kawashima
2. Ueda
3. Shoji
4. Honda
5. Nagatomo
6. Endo
7. Shibasaki
8. Haraguchi
9. Okazaki
10. Kagawa
11. Usami
12. Higashiguchi
13. Mutō
14. Inui
15. Osako
16. Yamaguchi
17. Hasebe (c)
18. Oshima
19. H. Sakai
20. Makino
21. G. Sakai
22. Yoshida
23. Nakamura
Manager: |
| Japan – 2019 AFC Asian Cup – Runners-up |
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1. Higashiguchi
2. Miura
3. Muroya
4. Sasaki
5. Nagatomo
6. Endo
7. Shibasaki
8. Haraguchi
9. Minamino
10. Inui
11. Gonda
12. Muto
13. Ito
14. Osako
15. Tomiyasu
16. Aoyama
17. Shiotani
18. Sakai
19. Makino
20. Doan
21. Yoshida
22. Schmidt
Manager: |
| Japan – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 |
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1. Kawashima
2. Yamane
3. Taniguchi
4. Itakura
5. Nagatomo
6. Endo
7. Shibasaki
8. Dōan
9. Mitoma
10. Minamino
11. Kubo
12. Gonda
13. Morita
14. J. Ito
15. Kamada
16. Tomiyasu
17. Tanaka
18. Asano
19. Sakai
20. Machino
21. Ueda
22. Yoshida (c)
23. Schmidt
24. Soma
25. Maeda
26. H. Ito
Manager: |
| Japan – 2023 AFC Asian Cup – Quarter-finals |
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1. Maekawa
2. Sugawara
3. Taniguchi
4. Itakura
5. Morita
6. Endō (c)
7. Mitoma
8. Minamino
9. Ueda
10. Dōan
11. Hosoya
12. Nozawa
13. Nakamura
14. J. Itō
15. Machida
16. Maikuma
17. Hatate
18. Asano
19. Nakayama
20. Kubo
21. H. Itō
22. Tomiyasu
23. Suzuki
24. Watanabe
25. Maeda
26. Sano |