Yasuhito Endo

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Personal information
Yasuhito Endo
Full name	Yasuhito Endo
Date of birth	28 January 1980
Place of birth	Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	177 cm
Nickname	Yatto
Position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gamba Osaka
Youth clubs
1995-1997	Kagoshima Jitsugyo H.S.
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998 1999-2000 2001-	Yokohama Flugels Kyoto Purple Sanga Gamba Osaka	16 (1) 53 (9) 151 (32)
National team**
2002-	Japan	40 (3)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2005. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 23, 2006.

Yasuhito Endo (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. Since 2003, Endo has been a member of the Japanese national football team, and has been selected for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad.

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.

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[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

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