Maya Yoshida, a centre-back for Bundesliga team Schalke 04 and captain of the Japanese national team, was born in Japan on August 24, 1988.
He got his first professional contract and spent five years at the Nagoya Grampus Junior Academy before being promoted to the first team in 2007. Yoshida began practicing with the club’s main squad shortly after and was soon converted to a center back after beginning as a defensive midfielder for Grampus’ youth team. Yoshida made his club debut on May 3, 2007, in a 2-1 loss to Oita Trinita, after spending months on the bench as a substitute. He entered the game in the second half.
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On September 26, 2012, Yoshida made his marriage public on his blog. When his wife gave birth to a newborn daughter four years later, Yoshida declared he was a first-time parent. Yoshida lived in Winchester while he was a student at Southampton. Yoshida, who spent seven years at Southampton, acknowledged in a SunSport interview that he is a permanent resident of the UK and identifies as 25 percent English.