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Maya Yoshida is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
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sports · Japanese footballer (born 1988) · association football player · also Maya Yoshida, Yoshida Maya, Yoshida
Born 24 August 1988 · Q248141
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“I felt that the team had a good performance in the (semi-final) match against Iran, and they felt that they were going to be able to go this way and be able to go this way. I couldn”
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“I have played several times in my team, but it is a big thing to be the captain of the national team. I felt it.”
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Won the American MLS Cup with LA Galaxy (2024).
Won: Western Conference (MLS) with LA Galaxy (2024).
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Won: MLS Cup with LA Galaxy (2024).
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Played for LA Galaxy (2023).
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year (2022).
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Played for Schalke 04 (2022–2023) — 29 appearances, 0 goals.
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“I can appreciate that the team whose initial expectation was not so high has advanced to the top four for the first time in 44 years. I do not think why I could not go on it or got a medal The Olympics are a gathering of young athletes called the U-23, and it is important that as many athletes go into the national team as A and stand on the World Cup stage.”
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year (2020).
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Won award: IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Decade (2020).
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Played for U.C. Sampdoria (2020–2020) — 14 appearances, 0 goals.
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In addition to his native Japanese, Yoshida speaks fluent English since he first studied the language in middle school, as well as having studied Italian and Spanish during his professional footballing career, which helped prior to his move to Sampdoria, because as of August 2020, Yoshida began to speak Italian fluently.
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Joined Sampdoria in 2020.
Played for U.C. Sampdoria (2020–2022) — 58 appearances, 3 goals.
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Won award: AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament (2019).
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Runner-up: AFC Asian Cup with Japan (2019).
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Runner-up: EFL Cup with Southampton (2016–17).
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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
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Yoshida scored his first Japan's goal in three years, as the Samurai Blue beat Honduras 6–0 on 14 November 2014
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Yoshida revealed on his blog on 26 September 2012 that he was married.
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Joined Southampton in 2012.
Played for Southampton F.C. (2012–2020) — 154 appearances, 6 goals.
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Won: AFC Asian Cup with Japan (2011).
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Joined VVV-Venlo in 2010.
Played for VVV-Venlo (2010–2012) — 54 appearances, 5 goals.
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Played for Japan men's national football team (2010–2022) — 126 appearances, 12 goals.
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Played for Japan Olympic football team (2008–2008) — 7 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Japan national under-23 football team (2008–2012) — 12 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Nagoya Grampus in 2007.
Played for Nagoya Grampus (2007–2009) — 71 appearances, 5 goals.
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Born 1988-08-24.
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