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Maya Yoshida

1988 - Today

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Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya; born 24 August 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Yoshida formerly played for the Japan national team, making over 120 appearances. He was a member of the side's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 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. He was additionally part of Japan's Olympic football team at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maya Yoshida is the 4,552nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,140th in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,300th in 2019) and the 431st most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Maya Yoshida ranks 4,552 out of 21,273. Before him are Maouhoub Ghazouani, Stephen Keshi, Jimmy Dickinson, Žarko Nikolić, Robert Budzynski, and Martin Petrov. After him are Sergiño Dest, Marcel Sabitzer, Lars Ricken, Émile Mpenza, Stephen Hunt, and Masami Ihara.

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Among people born in 1988, Maya Yoshida ranks 106. Before him are Ok Taec-yeon, Gregory van der Wiel, Parineeti Chopra, Emily Browning, Russell Westbrook, and Josip Iličić. After him are Corey Hawkins, Justin Gaethje, Nikola Kalinić, Brenda Song, Mira Murati, and Sébastien Buemi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Maya Yoshida ranks 1,629 out of 6,245. Before him are Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Nigo (1970), Yuzuru Hanyu (1994), Yuji Ide (1975), Nanako Matsushima (1973), and Ryōko Hirosue (1980). After him are Masami Ihara (1967), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Megumi Yokota (1964), Junichi Suwabe (1972), Takamichi Kobayashi (1979), and Kouta Hirano (1973).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Maya Yoshida ranks 431. Before him are Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975), Konosuke Kusazumi (2000), Naoko Nishigai (1969), Shinichi Morishita (1960), and Shuta Araki (1999). After him are Masami Ihara (1967), Takamichi Kobayashi (1979), Kiyonobu Okajima (1971), Jo Nakajima (1980), Kotaro Nakao (1969), and Tsuru Morimoto (1970).

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