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.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNagoya Grampus2007J1 League1902130——2412008J1 League2213140——2922009J1 League3046111112—488Total71511381112—10111VVV-Venlo2009–10Eredivisie00————002010–11Eredivisie20000——402402011–12Eredivisie32510——403752012–13Eredivisie20————20Total54510——80635Southampton2012–13Premier League3201010——3402013–14Premier League813031——1422014–15Premier League2210010——2312015–16Premier League201102140—2722016–17Premier League231216060—3722017–18Premier League2423010——2822018–19Premier League1700030——2002019–20Premier League801020——110Total1546111192100—1949Sampdoria (loan)2019–20Serie A14000———140Sampdoria2020–21Serie A32120———3412021–22Serie A26200———262Total72320———743Schalke 042022–23Bundesliga29020———310LA Galaxy2023Major League Soccer121————1212024Major League Soccer6100——0061Total18200——00182Career total398212742732128048130

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsJapan2010102011122201290201315020141112015133201610320179120189020191112020402021902022131Total12612

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

+ List of international goals scored by Maya YoshidaNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition19 January 2011Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar21–11–12011 AFC Asian Cup22 September 2011Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan91–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification314 November 2014Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan471–06–0Friendly412 January 2015Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, Australia494–04–02015 AFC Asian Cup53 September 2015Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan562–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification612 November 2015National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore603–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification724 March 2016Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan623–05–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification83 June 2016Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan644–07–22016 Kirin Cup95–01028 March 2017Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan734–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification1110 October 2019Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan982–06–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification1229 March 2022Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan1151–11–12022 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

References

Other websites

Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:Footballers from Nagasaki Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Nagoya Grampus players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2018 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players