Keita Endō

Keita Endō
遠藤 渓太
Endō with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-22) 22 November 1997
Place of birth Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Kashiwa Reysol
Number 5
Youth career
Futamatagawa SC
2010–2015 Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Yokohama F. Marinos 103 (13)
2020–2021 → Union Berlin (loan) 16 (1)
2021–2024 Union Berlin 4 (0)
2022–2024 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 24 (0)
2024 → FC Tokyo (loan) 11 (2)
2024–2026 FC Tokyo 59 (11)
2026– Kashiwa Reysol 1 (0)
International career‡
2016 Japan U19 4 (0)
2017 Japan U20 3 (0)
2018 Japan U21 4 (0)
2018–2021 Japan U23 11 (0)
2019– Japan 2 (0)
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Runner-upJ.League Cup2018
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2017
Representing  Japan
Men's football
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
EAFF Championship
Runner-up2019 South KoreaTeam
AFC U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Bahrain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:25, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Keita Endō (遠藤 渓太, Endō Keita; born 22 November 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol 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, Endō 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, Endō 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, Endō moved on a new loan to FC Tokyo.[11] On 11 April 2024, the loan deal became permanent.[12]

International career

In May 2017, Endō 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, Endō 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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yokohama F. Marinos 2016 J1 League 2301050—00290
2017 J1 League 1414041—00222
2018 J1 League 2720090—00362
2019 J1 League 3371060—00407
2020 J1 League 6200002[a]11[b]093
Total 1031260241211013614
Union Berlin (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 16110——00171
Union Berlin 2021–22 Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Career total 1231370241211015716
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

International

As of 1 July 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 201920
Total20

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos

Japan U19

References

  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 Endō 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 Endō 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 Endō 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 Endō 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.
  15. ↑ Keita Endō at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  16. ↑ Keita Endō at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "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.