1988 - Today
Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya, born 24 August 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maya Yoshida has received more than 1,509,734 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Maya Yoshida is the 2,678th most popular soccer player (up from 3,030th in 2019), the 1,208th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 219th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Maya Yoshida ranks 2,678 out of 16,880. Before him are Jacques Songo'o, Maurice Lafont, Théodore Nouwens, Samuel Kuffour, Eliseo Mouriño, and Gordon Strachan. After him are Alexandre Czerniatynski, Ernie Brandts, Miguel Oviedo, Waldemar Victorino, Toby Alderweireld, and Glenn Strömberg.
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 2,672
1927 - 2005
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 2,673
1908 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 2,674
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 2,675
1927 - 1961
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 2,676
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 2,677
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 2,678
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 2,679
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 2,680
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 2,681
1952 - 2023
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 2,682
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 2,683
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 2,684
Among people born in 1988, Maya Yoshida ranks 64. Before him are Kim Soo-hyun, Angelique Kerber, Nemanja Matić, Jamie Campbell Bower, Brenda Song, and Grimes. After him are Benedikt Höwedes, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Jung Hae-in, Islam Slimani, Princess Beatrice of York, and Haley Joel Osment.
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 58
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 59
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 60
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 61
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 62
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 63
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 64
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 65
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 66
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 67
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 68
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 69
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 70
Among people born in Japan, Maya Yoshida ranks 1,208 out of 6,048. Before him are Chiaki Yamada (1966), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Satoshi Yamaguchi (1959), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Iccho Itoh (1945), and Marie Kondo (1984). After him are Fumio Gotō (1884), Maria Ozawa (1986), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Sola Aoi (1983), Akio Kaminaga (1936), and Yasuhito Endō (1980).
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,202
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 1,203
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,204
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,205
1945 - 2007
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 1,206
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 1,207
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 1,208
1884 - 1980
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 1,209
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 1,210
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,211
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,212
1936 - 1993
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 1,213
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 1,214
Among soccer players born in Japan, Maya Yoshida ranks 219. Before him are Hitoshi Sasaki (1891), Shu Kamo (1939), Shoko Hamada (1950), Sanae Mishima (1957), Chiaki Yamada (1966), and Satoshi Yamaguchi (1959). After him are Yasuhito Endō (1980), Masuyo Shiraishi (1963), Katsuyoshi Kuwahara (1944), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Yuji Kishioku (1954), and Kuniya Daini (1944).
1891 - 1982
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 213
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 214
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 215
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 216
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 217
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 218
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 219
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 220
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 221
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 222
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 223
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 224
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 225