Maya Yoshida
Japanese footballer (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya, born 24 August 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
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Full name | Maya Yoshida[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 35) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nagasaki, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | LA Galaxy | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2006 | Nagoya Grampus | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Nagoya Grampus | 71 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | VVV-Venlo | 54 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2020 | Southampton | 154 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
2020 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Sampdoria | 58 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2022−2023 | Schalke 04 | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | LA Galaxy | 23 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Japan U23 | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2021 | Japan Olympic (O.P.) | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2022 | Japan | 126 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2022 |
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Yoshida formerly played for the Japan national team, making over 120 appearances. He was a member of the side's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the AFC Asian Cup in 2011, 2015 and 2019, winning the latter tournament in 2011 and finishing as runner-up in 2019. He was additionally part of Japan's Olympic football team at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 games.