Keita Endo

Keita Endo
	Endo with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	22 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	FC Tokyo
Number	22
Youth career
	Futamatagawa SC
2010–2015	Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2021	Yokohama F. Marinos
2020–2021	→ Union Berlin (loan)
2021–2024	Union Berlin
2022–2024	→ Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)
2024	→ FC Tokyo (loan)
2024–	FC Tokyo
International career‡
2016	Japan U19
2017	Japan U20
2018	Japan U21
2018–2021	Japan U23
2019–	Japan
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Representing Japan
Men's football
Asian Games
EAFF Championship
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Keita Endo (遠藤渓太, Endō Keita, born 22 November 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club FC Tokyo and the Japan national team.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Yokohama F. Marinos

Keita made his league debut for Yokohama against Albirex Niigata on 12 March 2016.^[3] He scored his first goal for the club against Gamba Osaka on 30 September 2017, scoring in the 89th minute.^[4]

Union Berlin

On 25 July 2020, Endo joined Union Berlin on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy. He was expected to join Union Berlin on a permanent basis at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[5] He made his league debut for Union against Mainz 05 on 2 October 2020.^[6] He scored his first goal for Union against Arminia Bielefeld on 7 November 2020, scoring in the 3rd minute.^[7]

Loan to Eintracht Braunschweig

On 19 July 2022, Endo joined Eintracht Braunschweig on a season-long loan from Union Berlin.^[8] He made his league debut against Heidenheim on 23 July 2022.^[9] On 8 July 2023, it was announced that the loan-deal was extended until 30 June 2024.^[10]

FC Tokyo

On 7 January 2024, Endo moved on a new loan to FC Tokyo.^[11] On 11 April 2024, the loan deal became permanent.^[12]

International career

In May 2017, Endo was named in the Japan U20 national team's squad for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. In this tournament, he played three matches. On 29 December 2019, Endo was called up to the Japan U23 national team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.^[13]

He made his international debut for Japan against China national football team on 10 December 2019.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2020^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yokohama F. Marinos	2016	J1 League	23	0	1	0	5	0	—		0	0	29	0
	2017	J1 League	14	1	4	0	4	1	—		0	0	22	2
	2018	J1 League	27	2	0	0	9	0	—		0	0	36	2
	2019	J1 League	33	7	1	0	6	0	—		0	0	40	7
	2020	J1 League	6	2	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	1	1^[b]	0	9	3
	Total		103	12	6	0	24	1	2	1	1	0	136	14
Union Berlin (loan)	2020–21	Bundesliga	16	1	1	0	—		—		0	0	17	1
Union Berlin	2021–22	Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
Career total			123	13	7	0	24	1	2	1	1	0	157	16

^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

International

As of ^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2019	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos

J1 League: 2019

Japan U19

AFC U-19 Championship: 2016^[17]

References

^ "遠藤渓太：横浜Ｆ・マリノス：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ FIFA.com
^ "Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 12 March 2016". Soccerway.
^ "Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 30 September 2017". Soccerway.
^ Ventham, Dale (25 July 2020). "Keita Endo Joins 1.FC Union Berlin From Yokohoma F. Marinos". Last Word on Football. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "Union Berlin vs Mainz - 2 October 2020". Soccerway.
^ "Union Berlin vs Arminia Bielefeld - 7 November 2020". Soccerway.
^ "Eintracht leiht Keita Endo von Union Berlin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Heidenheim vs Eintracht Braunschweig - 23 July 2022". Soccerway.
^ "Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Keita Endo weiterhin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "KEITA ENDO TO THE JAPANESE CAPITAL". Union Berlin. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "Keita Endo to Remain in Tokyo". Union Berlin. 1 May 2024.
^ "U-23 Japan National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "China PR vs Japan - 10 December 2019". int.soccerway.com.
^ Keita Endo at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ Keita Endo at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "U-19 Japan National Football Team lift Asian Title in AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

External links

Keita Endo – FIFA competition record (archived)
Keita Endo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos Archived 4 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Keita Endo at Soccerway

[16] Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

[17] Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

[jleague-1] "遠藤渓太：横浜Ｆ・マリノス：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

[2] FIFA.com

[3] "Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 12 March 2016". Soccerway.

[4] "Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 30 September 2017". Soccerway.

[5] Ventham, Dale (25 July 2020). "Keita Endo Joins 1.FC Union Berlin From Yokohoma F. Marinos". Last Word on Football. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

[6] "Union Berlin vs Mainz - 2 October 2020". Soccerway.

[7] "Union Berlin vs Arminia Bielefeld - 7 November 2020". Soccerway.

[8] "Eintracht leiht Keita Endo von Union Berlin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[9] "Heidenheim vs Eintracht Braunschweig - 23 July 2022". Soccerway.

[10] "Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Keita Endo weiterhin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[11] "KEITA ENDO TO THE JAPANESE CAPITAL". Union Berlin. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[12] "Keita Endo to Remain in Tokyo". Union Berlin. 1 May 2024.

[13] "U-23 Japan National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.

[14] "China PR vs Japan - 10 December 2019". int.soccerway.com.

[sw-15] Keita Endo at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[18] Keita Endo at National-Football-Teams.com

[19] "U-19 Japan National Football Team lift Asian Title in AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

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