Secondly, there is the data this process is based on. This could be an experienced subjective opinion, a mathematical projection, or a mixture of both. So how can we help in this challenge?īasically, there are two parts to this: First, your prediction process. But, prediction is actually the challenge in scouting and recruitment, isn’t it? You don’t only want to know how well someone has done somewhere, but how well (or not) he would do at your club next year if you signed him. It is common to say that hindsight is 20/20, which basically means it is easy to judge or evaluate something that has happened, where you can see things as they are, as opposed to how difficult it is to predict something.
I dream of taking part in the World Cup.0 Shares What If Foresight Were 20/20? Finding Wataru Endo in 2016 My goal is to keep developing personally, preferably in and with Stuttgart. I'd like to aim for the Champions League with VfB at some point. "Ideally, I would like to lead VfB to the top, where the club used to be as German champions. "It's important for me that our captain can take everyone with him, that he embodies the values we stand for and is an example to follow." - VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo Whether he plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder, it's good that he's there and performs." - Stuttgart Sporting director, Sven Mislintat He's one of these anchors, a focal point in our system. "As a player and as a person, he's simply incredibly valuable. IMAGO/Takamoto Tokuhara/IMAGO/AFLOSPORTĮndo had the honour of being selected as captain of Japan first time in a 2-0 win over China on 27 January, 2022. Cue pandemonium at the Mercedes-Benz Arena with Endo's stoppage time header sending home fans wild and guaranteeing Matarazzo's men a place in the Bundesliga for the 2022/23 campaign.Įndo in flying form for Japan against Brazil in a June 2022 friendly. Seemingly headed for a relegation play-off, Stuttgart were drawing 1-1 against Cologne as the game ticked into injury time. In 92 games for Stuttgart to date, Endo has scored eight goals, but it is the one he scored in the final game of the 2021/22 season that will go down in Die Roten folklore.
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In his first full season at Stuttgart, Endo was the Bundesliga's leader in terms of challenges, putting in an incredible 476, and such was his importance to the team's cause, he would go on to named club captain under Matarazzo last year. A permanent move for the player was agreed ahead of time. Indeed, the club's current No.3 would become a regular fixture in the side as Stuttgart sealed their return to the top flight following a second place finish in Bundesliga 2. Watch: Endo's injury-time heroics save Stuttgartįollowing a slow start that included several appearances from the bench at Die Schwabenunder the then Stuttgart coach, Tim Walter, Endo soon began to feature more and more under the incoming Pellegrino Matarazzo. Just three games into the 2019/20 campaign, Endo agreed to a loan move to The Reds, who were bracing for a promotion battle to the Bundesliga. Helping the team from the greater Tokyo area win the second-division title during his time at the club, the former Japan youth-team international went on to score 23 goals and provide seven assists in 167 games with Shonan, before Urawa Red Diamonds came calling in 2016.īu now a senior Japan cap holder, AFC Champions League, Japanese League Cup and Copa Suruga Bank honours followed with the Red Diamonds and the European scouts were beginning to circle.īelgian first division side Sint-Truidense jumped at the chance to bring the midfield commander to their ranks in 2018 and it was there - after several stand-out performances during his 31 games for De Kanaries, that Endo was told Stuttgart were interested in acquiring his services. A native of Yokohama, Endo hit the big time when offered a contract by Shonan Bellmare in 2010.
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