Maya Yoshida
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Person

Maya Yoshida

b. 1988

Japanese association football player

Born
24 Aug 1988 · Nagasaki

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 44 years
  1. 24 Aug 1988BornBorn in Nagasaki
  2. 2007 – 2009TeamNagoya Grampus
  3. 2008 – 2012TeamJapan national under-23 football team
  4. 2008TeamJapan Olympic football team
  5. 2010 – 2022TeamJapan men's national football team
  6. 2010 – 2012TeamVVV-Venlo
  7. 2012 – 2020TeamSouthampton F.C.
  8. 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
  9. 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2020TeamU.C. Sampdoria
  11. 2022 – 2023TeamSchalke 04
  12. 2023TeamLA Galaxy

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  21. 2015Paris Agreement
  22. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  23. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  24. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  25. 2023Gaza war
  26. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  27. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Maya Yoshida, CC BY-SA 4.0

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