Maya Yoshida
Maya Yoshida is a Japanese footballer, born on 24 August 1988 in Nagasaki, Japan. Yoshida plays as a centre-back for LA Galaxy. Yoshida has scored 48 goals in 706 games for club and country and has won 3 trophies, including 2 league titles.
Yoshida's career stats
| Games | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 579 | 36 |
| Japan | 127 | 12 |
| Total | 706 | 48 |
Goals per game: 0.07.
Yoshida's trophies and awards
- Trophies with club and country: 3
- League titles: 2
- Trophies with Japan: 1
- Individual awards: 4
LA Galaxy
- MLS Cup: 1 (2024)
- Western Conference (MLS): 1 (2024)
Japan
- AFC Asian Cup: 1 (2011)
Individual
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 1 (2019)
- IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year: 2 (2020, 2022)
- IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Decade: 1 (2020)
Clubs
League games and goals at each club.
- 2007–2010: Nagoya Grampus, 71 games, 5 goals
- 2010–2012: VVV-Venlo, 54 games, 5 goals
- 2012–2020: Southampton, 154 games, 6 goals
- 2020: Sampdoria (loan), 14 games, 0 goals
- 2020–2022: Sampdoria, 58 games, 3 goals
- 2022−2023: Schalke 04, 29 games, 0 goals
- 2023–: LA Galaxy, 96 games, 7 goals
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Club stats as of 14 October 2026.