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YASUHITO ENDO

Yasuhito Endo celebrates his goal with teammate Gotoku Sakai during an Asian Cup group match against Palestine in 2015.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 21, 2024
Unorthodox Japan icon Yasuhito Endo signs off in typical fashion
Endo spent his entire career in Japan, amassing 672 J1 appearances with Kyoto Sanga, Gamba Osaka and Iwata.
Japan's Yasuhito Endo celebrates after scoring a goal from a free kick during a 2010 World Cup Group E soccer match against Denmark in Rustenburg, South Africa, in June 2010.
SOCCER
Jan 9, 2024
Longest-serving Japan international Yasuhito Endo retires
43-year-old Endo turned pro in 1998 straight out of high school with the now-disbanded Yokohama Flugels.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 27, 2021
Veteran Yasuhito Endo leaves Gamba to join Jubilo
By joining Iwata on a full transfer, Endo is leaving the J1 club he played for since 2001.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 5, 2020
Veteran Yasuhito Endo joins J2 Jubilo on loan from Gamba
Gamba Osaka's veteran midfielder Yasuhito Endo will join Jubilo Iwata in the J-League second division on loan through January 2021, the two clubs said Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 2, 2020
Gamba Osaka veteran Yasuhito Endo to join J2's Jubilo on loan
Gamba Osaka veteran midfielder Yasuhito Endo is set to join Jubilo Iwata in the J. League second division on loan until the end of the season, an official of the top-flight Japanese club said Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 8, 2017
Gamba's Hasegawa keeps focus on team unity, winning in final months at the helm
Gamba Osaka manager Kenta Hasegawa held back the emotions on Friday in his first comments a night after the J. League club announced he would leave at season's end.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 2, 2016
Four teams battling to avoid drop on final day of J. League regular season
While Urawa Reds and Kawasaki Frontale battle to clinch the top seed for the J. League Championship on the final day of the regular season on Thursday, a more decisive tussle will be going on at the other end of the table.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
May 13, 2016
Endo leads Gamba past Jubilo
Veteran Yasuhito Endo scored the winner with his first goal of the season as Gamba Osaka came from behind to secure a 2-1 home win over Jubilo Iwata on Friday in the J. League.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 1, 2015
Gamba, Sanfrecce put title aspirations on the line
Gamba Osaka manager Kenta Hasegawa hopes his players will get a second wind when the defending champions take on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the first leg of the J. League Championship final on Wednesday at Expo Stadium.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 19, 2015
Halilhodzic passes over Endo for national team
New national team manager Vahid Halilhodzic called up Kensuke Nagai and Takashi Usami, but appeared to bring the curtain down on record cap-holder Yasuhito Endo's Japan career as he named his first squad on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 31, 2014
Endo relishing fourth Asian Cup appearance
He turns 35 in January, but Yasuhito Endo, Japan's most-capped player, says he has no intention of taking his foot off the pedal as he enters his 13th year with the senior national team.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 10, 2014
Gamba back on top after riding formidable wave of form
The notion of Gamba Osaka winning the 2014 J. League title was laughable when the club went into the World Cup break in the relegation zone, but after lifting the trophy on Saturday it is difficult to deny they deserved it.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 9, 2014
Gamba's Endo selected as J. League Player of the Year
Gamba Osaka captain Yasuhito Endo was named the 2014 J. League Player of the Year on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 10, 2013
Three second-half goals carry Japan past Ghana
Manchester United star Shinji Kagawa sparked a second-half fightback as Japan came from a goal behind to beat Ghana 3-1 in a friendly on Tuesday night.

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