is a former Japanese football player. His brother Yasuhito Endo is also a footballer.

Biography

Endo was born in Kagoshima on September 18, 1975. After graduating from Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Marinos (later Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1994. He debuted in 1995 and he played many matches as midfielder after the debut. In 1995, the club won the champions J1 League. From 1999, he became a regular player and the club won 2001 J.League Cup, 2003 and 2004 J1 League. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2005 and he moved to Vissel Kobe in July 2005. He retired end of 2007 season.

Akihiro Endō

In July 1996, Endo was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 1996 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played 1 match against Brazil in first match. Japan won Brazil and it was known as "Miracle of Miami" (マイアミの奇跡) in Japan.

Akihiro Endō

Statistics

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|1994||rowspan="5"|Yokohama Marinos||rowspan="5"|J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |1995||19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||0 |- |1996||2||1||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||6||1 |- |1997||15||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0 |- |1998||16||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||17||1 |- |1999||rowspan="7"|Yokohama F. Marinos||rowspan="7"|J1 League||29||4||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||34||4 |- |2000||29||3||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||37||3 |- |2001||30||1||1||0||8||2||colspan="2"|-||39||3 |- |2002||20||0||2||0||4||1||colspan="2"|-||26||1 |- |2003||26||3||3||0||7||1||colspan="2"|-||36||4 |- |2004||22||1||1||0||4||0||2||0||29||1 |- |2005||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |2005||rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe||J1 League||15||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |2006||J2 League||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |2007||J1 League||3||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0 229||14||18||0||40||4||2||0||289||18 229||14||18||0||40||4||2||0||289||18 |}

Akihiro Endō

References

Other websites

1975 births

Living people

Footballers from Kagoshima Prefecture

J1 League players

J2 League players

Yokohama F. Marinos players

Vissel Kobe players

Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics