Maya Yoshida

is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Yoshida was born in Nagasaki on August 24, 1988. He joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight (later _Nagoya Grampus_) from their youth team in 2007. he played many matches as center back from first season. The club won the 2nd place in the 2009 Emperor's Cup. In January 2010, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo. He played many matches from the 2010–11 season. In summer 2012, he moved to English Premier League club Southampton. He played 154 matches for the club over eight seasons. In January 2020, he moved to Italian Serie A club Sampdoria.

In 2008, Yoshida was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. He participated 2011 Asian Cup. He played 5 matches and Japan won the champions. After the 2011 Asian Cup, he became a regular player as center back. In 2012, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team as over aged player for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches as captain and Japan won the 4th place. He also played at 2013 Confederations Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. In 2018, he participated 2018 World Cup. He played all 4 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. After the 2018 World Cup, he became a captain as Makoto Hasebe successor. In 2019, he played at 2019 Asian Cup and Japan won the 2nd place.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Nagoya Grampus|2007|J1 League|19|0|2|1|3|0|—|—|24|1|||
|2008|J1 League|22|1|3|1|4|0|—|—|29|2|||||
|2009|J1 League|30|4|6|1|1|1|11|2|—|48|8||||
|rowspan="5"|VVV-Venlo|2009–10|Eredivisie|0|0|—|—|—|—|0|0|||||
|2010–11|Eredivisie|20|0|0|0|—|—|4|0|24|0|||||
|2011–12|Eredivisie|32|5|1|0|—|—|4|0|37|5|||||
|2012–13|Eredivisie|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||||
|rowspan="9"|Southampton|2012–13|Premier League|32|0|1|0|1|0|—|—|34|0|||
|2013–14|Premier League|8|1|3|0|3|1|—|—|14|2|||||
|2014–15|Premier League|22|1|0|0|1|0|—|—|23|1|||||
|2015–16|Premier League|20|1|1|0|2|1|4|0|—|27|2||||
|2016–17|Premier League|23|1|2|1|6|0|6|0|—|37|2||||
|2017–18|Premier League|24|2|3|0|1|0|—|—|28|2|||||
|2018–19|Premier League|17|0|0|0|3|0|—|—|20|0|||||
|2019–20|Premier League|8|0|1|0|2|0|—|—|11|0|||||
|Sampdoria (loan)|2019–20|Serie A|14|0|0|0|—|—|—|14|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Sampdoria|2020–21|Serie A|32|1|2|0|—|—|—|34|1||||
|2021–22|Serie A|26|2|0|0|—|—|—|26|2||||||
|Schalke 04|2022–23|Bundesliga|29|0|2|0|—|—|—|31|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|LA Galaxy|2023|Major League Soccer|12|1|—|—|—|—|12|1|||||
|2024|Major League Soccer|6|1|0|0|—|—|0|0|6|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Japan|2010|1|0|
|2011|12|2|||
|2012|9|0|||
|2013|15|0|||
|2014|11|1|||
|2015|13|3|||
|2016|10|3|||
|2017|9|1|||
|2018|9|0|||
|2019|11|1|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|9|0|||
|2022|13|1|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yoshida goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|9 January 2011|Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar|2||1–1|1–1|2011 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|align="center"|2|2 September 2011|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|9||1–0|1–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|3|14 November 2014|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan|47||1–0|6–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|4|12 January 2015|Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, Australia|49||4–0|4–0|2015 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|align="center"|5|3 September 2015|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|56||2–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|6|12 November 2015|National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore|60||3–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|7|24 March 2016|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|62||3–0|5–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|8|3 June 2016|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan|64|rowspan="2"|align="center"|4–0|7–2|2016 Kirin Cup||||||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|5–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|10|28 March 2017|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|73||4–0|4–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|11|10 October 2019|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|98||2–0|6–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|12|29 March 2022|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|115||1–1|1–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Southampton**
- EFL Cup runner-up: 2016–17

**Japan**
- AFC Asian Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019
- IFFHS AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020
- IFFHS AFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Maya Yoshida
- **image**: Maya Yoshida.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Yoshida at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 World Cup
- **fullname**: Maya Yoshida
- **birth place**: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **currentclub**: UC Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2006
- **youthclubs1**: Nagoya Grampus, Nagoya Grampus Eight
- **years1**: 2007–2009
- **clubs1**: Nagoya Grampus
- **caps1**: 71
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 2010–2012
- **clubs2**: VVV-Venlo
- **caps2**: 54
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2012–2019
- **clubs3**: Southampton FC, Southampton
- **caps3**: 154
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2020–2022
- **clubs4**: UC Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **caps4**: 72
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2020–2022
- **clubs5**: FC Schalke 04
- **caps5**: 72
- **goals5**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2008–2012
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2010–
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 104
- **nationalgoals2**: 11
- **club-update**: end of the 2019/20 season
- **nationalteam-update**: December 31, 2020