Yasuhito Endō

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Yasuhito Endō (遠藤 保仁, Endō Yasuhito^?, born January 28, 1980) is a Japanese footballer from Kagoshima City in Kagoshima Prefecture. Short and stocky, the versatile midfielder usually operates as a defensive midfielder, and currently plays for the J-league team Gamba Osaka.^[1] Since 2003, Endō has been a member of the Japanese national football team, and has been selected for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad.^[2]

He has emerged as a key player in defensive midfield for the national team in recent seasons, where his two-way skills, both in defending and attacking, is highly valued. His good attacking skills such as dribbling and his marvelous passing allow him to play as an attacking midfielder effectively.

Yasuhito Endō is well known for his trade mark passing skills and free kick skills.

[edit] Honors and awards

• FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1999
• Asian Cup Champions: 2004
• J-League Champions: 2005
• J-League Best Eleven: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

[edit] National team

• 2003 Confederations Cup
• 2004 Asian Cup (Champions)
• 2005 Confederations Cup
• 2006 FIFA World Cup

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	August 20, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Nigeria	3-0	Won	Friendly
2.	February 7, 2004	Kashima, Japan	Malaysia	4-0	Won	Friendly
3.	July 7, 2004	Yokohama, Japan	Serbia and Montenegro	1-0	Won	Friendly
4.	July 16, 2007	Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	4-1	Won	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
5.	February 6, 2008	Saitama, Japan	Thailand	4-1	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
6.	June 7, 2008	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1-1	Drew	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

[edit] Trivia

• His older brother Akihiro is also a professional footballer.

[edit] External links

• National Football Teams

[edit] References

v • d • e Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Narazaki • 2 Moniwa • 3 Komano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Takahara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Maki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Inamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Tsuboi • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico

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