Seiichiro Maki

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. His brother Yuki Maki is also a former footballer.

Biography
Maki was born in Uki on August 7, 1980. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) in 2003. For his first year at JEF, he was often used as a second-half substitute. However, in 2005 he became a starting forward for the team. JEF won the champions in 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. However many players left the club and the club results were sluggish late 2000s. JEF finished at the bottom place in 2009 season and was relegated to J2 League first time in the club history. His opportunity to play decreased for generational change in 2010. In July 2010, Maki moved to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm. In March 2011, he moved to Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Ruby. However he could not play many matches in both clubs. In August 2011, he returned to Japan and signed with J2 League club Tokyo Verdy. He played many matches as mainly substitute forward in 3 seasons. In 2014, he moved to his local club Roasso Kumamoto. He played more than 30 matches as mainly substitute forward every season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2018 and Roasso was relegated to J3 League end of 2018 season. He retired end of 2018 season.

In July 2005, Maki was selected Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against North Korea on July 31. In 2006, he was selected for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad and started a match against Brazil. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 Asian Cup and played 4 games. He scored 2 goals in the tournament, both against Vietnam. He played 38 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2009.

Statistics

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|2003||rowspan="2"|JEF United Ichihara||rowspan="2"|J1 League||17||2||3||1||4||0||24||3
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|2004||30||6||1||0||5||4||36||10
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|2005||rowspan="6"|JEF United Chiba||rowspan="5"|J1 League||33||12||2||1||10||4||45||17
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|2006||32||12||1||0||5||3||38||15
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|2007||34||5||1||0||6||0||41||5
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|2008||30||11||0||0||3||0||33||11
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|2009||31||5||3||1||5||1||39||7
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|2010||J2 League||13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0

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|2010||Amkar Perm||Premier League||9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||9||0

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|2011||Shenzhen Ruby||Super League||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0

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|2011||rowspan="3"|Tokyo Verdy||rowspan="3"|J2 League||14||3||2||0||colspan="2"|-||16||3
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|2012||18||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||1
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|2013||19||3||2||2||colspan="2"|-||21||5
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|2014||rowspan="5"|Roasso Kumamoto||rowspan="5"|J2 League||38||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||39||2
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|2015||39||3||2||0||colspan="2"|-||41||3
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|2016||35||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||35||0
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|2017||30||3||2||0||colspan="2"|-||32||3
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|2018||25||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||26||1
438||69||21||5||38||12||497||86
9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||9||0
4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
451||69||21||5||38||12||510||86
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Japan National Football Team Database

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|2005||3||0
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|2006||14||3
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|2007||9||4
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|2008||9||1
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|2009||3||0
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!Total||38||8
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References

Other websites

Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Kumamoto Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:JEF United Chiba players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players
Category:Roasso Kumamoto players
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players