Wataru Endo was born on 9 February 1993 in Yokohama and plays for VfB Stuttgart. He played for Shonan Bellmare from 2008-2015, for Urawa Red Diamonds from 2016-2018, for Sint-Truidense VV from 2018-2019 and has played for VfB Stuttgart since 2019.

Current season 2021/22

In this season, the 1.78m-tall midfielder has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Philipp Klement, Omar Marmoush, Orel Mangala, Chris Führich and Wahid Faghir. With two assists, the player with the shirt number 3 currently has the second-most in his team along with Omar Marmoush. The 28-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous 13 games of the season. Of these, he won two games with his club.

Wataru Endo has been fouled 26 times this season. He therefore occupies fifth position in the league-wide statistics. With a pass success rate of 87.58 per cent, he now occupies second place within his squad. Furthermore, he has attained the fourth position on his squad's leaderboard for a tackle success rate of 54.58 per cent. Wataru Endo is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 155 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the fourth rank in the league.

Bundesliga career and records

Wataru Endo has played 46 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 14. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of VfB Stuttgart. Here, Wataru Endo has put a total of four balls in the net.