Maya Yoshida

Maya Yoshida

Personal information
Full name	Maya Yoshida
Date of birth	24 August 1988 (1988-08-24) (age 23)
Place of birth	Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	VVV-Venlo
Number	3
Youth career
2001–2006	Nagoya Grampus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2009	Nagoya Grampus	71	(5)
2010–	VVV-Venlo	25	(2)
National team‡
2008	Japan U23	4	(0)
2010–	Japan	9	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2011

Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya^?, born August 24, 1988 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese football player. He is a centre back defender and currently plays for Dutch side VVV-Venlo.

Career

Yoshida had been a defensive midfielder when playing for Grampus's youth team, but was converted to a centre back after promotion to its top team in 2007. In the 2008 season, he was in the starting lineup for most of the league matches with his Serbian teammate Miloš Bajalica. He earned a call-up for Japan's U-23 team in April 2008 and was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympic finals.^[1]　He scored Nagoya Grampus's historical first goal in the AFC Champions League in the game against Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i on March 10, 2009. He was called-up for the national team for the game against Yemen in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification. In December 2009, it was announced that he had transferred to Dutch club VVV-Venlo.^[2] He scored a bicycle kick goal for VVV-Venlo off a corner kick on September 11, 2011 against PSV Eindhoven. The match ended in a 3-3 draw.

He made his full international debut for Japan on January 6, 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 May 2011^[3][4]

Club	Season	League		Cup1		League Cup2		Continental3		Other4		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nagoya Grampus	2007	19	0	2	1	3	0	-		-		24	1
	2008	22	1	3	1	4	0	-		-		29	2
	2009	30	4	6	1	1	1	11	2	-		48	8
	Total	71	5	11	3	8	1	11	2	-		101	11
VVV-Venlo	2009–10	0	0	-		-		-		-		0	0
	2010–11	20	0	0	0	-		-		4	0	24	0
	2011–12	10	2			-		-				10	2
	Total	30	2	0	0	-		-		4	0	34	2
Career total		101	7	11	3	8	1	11	2	4	0	135	13

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and KNVB Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

⁴Includes Eredivisie Playoffs.

International

As of 7 June 2011

National team Year Apps Goals Japan U23 2008 4 0 Total 10 9 Japan 2010 1 0 2011 11 2 Total 12 2

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2008 12 June National Stadium Tokyo, Tokyo Cameroon U-23 0–0 0 Friendly / Japan U23 24 July Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe Australia U23 2–1 0 Friendly / Japan U23 27 July National Stadium Tokyo, Tokyo Argentina U23 1–2 0 Friendly / Japan U23 13 August Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Netherlands U23 0–1 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 2010 6 January Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a  Yemen 3–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification / Japan 2011 9 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Jordan 1–1 1 2011 AFC Asian Cup / Japan 13 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Syria 2–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup / Japan 17 January Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan  Saudi Arabia 5–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup / Japan 21 January Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  Qatar 3–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup / Japan 29 January Khalifa International Stadium, Doha  Australia 1–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup / Japan 7 June International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Czech Republic 0–0 0 2011 Kirin Cup / Japan

Awards and honours

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 1

2011

References

1. ^ "Maya Yoshida Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/maya-yoshida-1.html. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
2. ^ Nagoya's Yoshida to join Venlo, wsn.com, December 28, 2009
3. ^ http://aus.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/maya-yoshida/2/
4. ^ Japan - Maya Yoshida - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway

External links

• Maya Yoshida – FIFA competition record
• Maya Yoshida at National-Football-Teams.com
• Maya Yoshida at Nagoya Grampus official site (2009) (Japanese)

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Name	Yoshida, Maya
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Date of birth	24 August 1988
Place of birth	Nagasaki, Japan
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