Jun Endo
Personal information
Full name Jun Endo[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000
Place of birth Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Angel City
Number 18
Youth career
2013–2018 JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 41 (13)
2022– Angel City 40 (4)
International career‡
2016 Japan U-17 4 (3)
2018 Japan U-20 6 (2)
2019– Japan 42 (5)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 France
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 China
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place2016 Jordan
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2015 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Jun Endo (遠藤 純, Endō Jun, born 24 May 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Angel City FC and the Japan women's national team. She also plays as an attacking midfielder.[2]

Club career

Endo was born in Fukushima Prefecture on 24 May 2000. In 2018, she joined L.League club Nippon TV Beleza from JFA Academy Fukushima LSC. In 2019, Endo won the Asia Football Confederation's Women's Club Championship with Nippon TV Beleza.[3]

On 20 December, 2021, Endo signed with NWSL club Angel City FC.[3] On 29 April 2022, she assisted the first goal and scored the second in Angel City's first ever regular season game, a win over North Carolina Courage,[4] and was awarded Player of the Match.[5] In her first season with Angel City, Endo played 22 games and racked up 1,925 minutes.[6] On November 29, 2023 after completing her second season with the club playing 18 games, Angel City announced they would exercise her one-year option to extend her contract through 2024 with the club.[7]

International career

Youth

In 2016, Endo was selected for the Japan U-17 national team for the 2016 U-17 World Cup.[8] She played in four matches and scored three goals, and Japan won second place.

In 2018, Endo was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2018 U-20 World Cup.[9] She played in all six matches and scored two goals, and Japan won the championship.

Senior

In February 2019, Endo was selected for the Japan national team for the SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on 27 February, she played for the first time against the United States.[10]

In 2019, Endo was the youngest member of the 2019 Japanese World Cup team and played in three of Japan's four games.[11][12]

In February 2023, Endo was selected for the Japan national team for the SheBelieves Cup.[13] She scored in Japan's 3-0 win over Canada. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[14]

Personal life

Endo is the youngest of four children. Her father is a football coach, and her mother is a teacher, and her family lived next door to her grandparents in her hometown of Shirakawa in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. The April 2011 Fukushima earthquake struck while Endo, then 10 years old, was in class and heavily damaged her school. Her family and their homes survived, and they were not required to evacuate from the subsequent release of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; as she wasn't allowed to go outside, she continued to practice football inside her home, which contributed to her ability to handle the ball in confined spaces.[15] In a 2023 interview, Endo said that at the time she had been bullied by youth players who would often act like players from Fukushima were "contaminated" by radioactivity. Despite this, the subsequent Japanese victory at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup inspired Endo to continue her football career.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Tokyo Verdy Beleza 2018 Nadeshiko League 000010 –10
2019 Nadeshiko League 1855140 3[lower-alpha 3] 0276
2020 Nadeshiko League 15 8 5 5 – – 20 13
2021–22 WE League 8 0 2 0 – – 10 0
Total 411312650 3 06119
Angel City 2022 NWSL 221–60 –281
2023 NWSL 18 3 – 1 0 – 19 3
Total 40 4 – 7 0 – 47 4
Career total 8117126120 3 010823

International

As of match played 30 November 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team YearAppsGoals
Japan 2019120
2020 2 0
2021 7 1
2022 7 1
2023 14 3
Total425
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Endo goal.
List of international goals scored by Jun Endo
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition Ref
1 13 June 2021 Kanseki Stadium Tochigi, Utsunomiya, Japan  Mexico 5–1 5–1 Friendly [17]
2 27 June 2022 Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland  Finland 2–1 5–1 [18]
3 22 February 2023 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Canada 3–0 3–0 2023 SheBelieves Cup [19]
4 22 July 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand  Zambia 4–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup [20]
5 30 November 2023 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 2–3 3–4 Friendly [21]


Honours

Tokyo Verdy Beleza

Japan U20

Japan

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (25 July 2023). "Angel City's irrepressible Jun Endo finds ways to stand out for Japan in World Cup". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Jun Endo". Angel City FC. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Angel City FC win inaugural NWSL regular season game in front of star-studded and festive crowd in Los Angeles".
  5. ↑ "Angel City FC on Instagram: "A well deserved Player of the Match title goes to Jun Endo! @jun_soccer524 #Volemos | #NWSL | #LAvNC | #AngelCityFC"".
  6. ↑ Yang, Steph. "Jun Endo talks growing up in Japan, finding style on and off the field with Angel City". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Angel City and Jun Endo Exercise One-Year Option". Angel City. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ↑ FIFA
  9. ↑ FIFA
  10. ↑ Japan Football Association
  11. ↑ "How an earthquake and nuclear disaster led one player to the World Cup and NWSL". ESPN.com. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ↑ MCKIRDY, Andrew (12 July 2023). "Fukushima-born Jun Endo ready to run free for Japan at World Cup". The Japan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "How an earthquake and nuclear disaster led one player to the World Cup and NWSL". ESPN.com. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  15. 1 2 Oxenham, Gwendolyn (5 April 2023). "How an earthquake, nuclear fallout and family made Jun Endo one of the world's most electrifying players". ESPN. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Jun Endo｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".
  17. ↑ "Japan vs. Mexico - 13 June 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Finland vs. Japan - 27 June 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Canada vs. Japan - 22 February 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  20. ↑ "Zambia vs. Japan - 22 July 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "Fixtures/Results | International Friendly Match | Nadeshiko Japan | Japan National Team | Japan Football Association | JFA". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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