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Wataru Endo is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool.
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sports · Japanese footballer (born 1993) · association football player · player · also Wataru Endō, Wataru Endo, Wataru Endou, Endo Wataru, Endō Wataru, Endou Wataru
Born 9 February 1993 · Q10526787
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Yahoo Sports UK: Sources: Liverpool plan to accept Wataru Endo offer
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Won the English Premier League with Liverpool (2024-2025).
Won: Premier League with Liverpool (2024–25).
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Runner-up: EFL Cup with Liverpool (2024–25).
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Yardbarker: Wataru Endo named as ‘possible candidate’ for role no Liverpool fan will want to see him fulfill – report
In June 2025, Endo launched a non-profit organisation called "SEKAI NI WATARU Project".
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Yahoo! Sports: Wataru Endo has just set a record that might NEVER be broken
The New York Times: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo to miss Olympics, will take part in full pre-season
Won the English Football League Cup with Liverpool (2023-2024).
Won award: Japan Pro-Footballers Association Best XI (2024).
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Won: EFL Cup with Liverpool (2023–24).
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year (2024).
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Forbes: Is Wataru Endo The New Defensive Midfielder Liverpool Need?
Won award: AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament (2023).
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Won award: Japan Pro-Footballers Association Best XI (2023).
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Played for Liverpool F.C. (2023) — 57 appearances, 2 goals.
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Won award: Japan Pro-Footballers Association Best XI (2022).
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Played for VfB Stuttgart (2020–2023) — 99 appearances, 12 goals.
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Runner-up: AFC Asian Cup with Japan (2019).
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Played for VfB Stuttgart (2019–2020) — 21 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Stuttgart in 2019.
Joined Sint-Truiden of the Belgian Pro League, before being loaned to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart in 2019
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Playing one year at the club and scoring two goals
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Joined St.Truiden in 2018.
Played for Sint-Truidense V.V. (2018–2020) — 29 appearances, 2 goals.
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Won the AFC Champions League with Urawa Red Diamonds (2017).
Won: Suruga Bank Championship with Urawa Red Diamonds (2017).
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Won: AFC Champions League Elite with Urawa Red Diamonds (2017).
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Won: AFC U-23 Asian Cup with Japan U23 (2016).
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Won: J.League Cup with Urawa Red Diamonds (2016).
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Joined Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016.
Played for Urawa Red Diamonds (2016–2018) — 75 appearances, 5 goals.
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Where he won the league title and the 2017 AFC Champions League
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Played for Japan national under-23 football team (2015–2016) — 11 appearances, 2 goals.
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And has since made over 70 appearances for the national team, including in two FIFA World Cups and two AFC Asian Cups
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Joined Japan U23 in 2015.
Played for Japan men's national football team (2015) — 72 appearances, 4 goals.
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Won award: J2 League Monthly MVP (April 2014).
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Won: J.League Division 2 with Shonan Bellmare (2014).
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Would help Shonan regain promotion back to the J1 League, scoring seven goals in 38 league matches as they won the 2014 J
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Played for Japan national under-20 association football team (2012–2012) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Shonan Bellmare in 2010.
Played for Shonan Bellmare (2010–2015) — 158 appearances, 23 goals.
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Played for Japan national under-17 football team (2009–2010).
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Born 1993-02-09.
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