Midfielder Yasuhito Endo, who was capped a record 152 times for Japan and played in a record 672 J-League first-division games, has retired, his J1 club, Jubilo Iwata, announced Tuesday.The 43-year-old Endo turned pro in 1998 straight out of high school with the now-disbanded Yokohama Flugels. He won J-League championships with Gamba Osaka in 2005 and 2014 and an Asian Champions League title in 2008."For 26 years I've had a long, fulfilling and the best possible soccer career," Endo said on YouTube. "I never thought I'd be able to come this far."Endo played in three consecutive World Cups f…READ FULL ARTICLE
