What is Maya Yoshida?
{{Infobox football biography |name=Maya Yoshida |image=Maya Yoshida.jpg |image_size=200 |caption=Yoshida at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 World Cup]] |fullname=Maya Yoshida |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1988|8|24}} |birth_place=[[Nagasaki]], [[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.87}} |position=[[Defender (football)|Defender]] |currentclub=[[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] |clubnumber= |youthyears1=2004–2006|youthclubs1=[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] |years1=2007–2009|clubs1=[[Nagoya Grampus]]|caps1=71|goals1=5 |years2=2010–2012|clubs2=[[VVV-Venlo]]|caps2=54|goals2=5 |years3=2012–2019|clubs3=[[Southampton FC|Southampton]]|caps3=154|goals3=6 |years4=2020–2022|clubs4=[[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]|caps4=72|goals4=3 |years5=2020–2022|clubs5=[[FC Schalke 04]]|caps5=72|goals5=3 |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=2008–2012|nationalteam1=[[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]|nationalcaps1=7|nationalgoals1=1 |nationalyears2=2010–|nationalteam2=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps2=104|nationalgoals2=11 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|[[Nagoya Grampus]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2009}} {{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{Medal|G|[[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011 Qatar]]|}} {{Medal|S|[[2019 AFC Asian Cup|2019 United Arab Emirates]]|}} |club-update=end of the 2019/20 season |nationalteam-update=December 31, 2020 }} {{Nihongo|'''Maya Yoshida'''|吉田 麻也|Yoshida Maya|born August 24, 1988}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He plays for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]. ==Biography== Yoshida was born in [[Nagasaki]] on August 24, 1988. He joined [[J1 League]] club [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] (later ''Nagoya Grampus'') from their youth team in 2007. he played many matches as center back from first season. The club won the 2nd place in the 2009 [[Emperor's Cup]]. In January 2010, he moved to Dutch [[Eredivisie]] club [[VV