Seiya Maikuma
.jpg) Maikuma with Japan in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seiya Maikuma | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kurokami FC | |||
| JFC Rainbow Nagasaki | |||
| FC Bristol | |||
| 2013–2015 | Higashi Fukuoka High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Momoyama Gakuin University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 74 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | Cerezo Osaka | 74 | (4) |
| 2024– | AZ | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Japan | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:01, 27 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024 | |||
Seiya Maikuma (毎熊 晟矢, Maikuma Seiya, born 16 October 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eredivisie club AZ and the Japan national team.
Club career
[edit]V-Varen Nagasaki
[edit]On 16 October 2019, Maikuma was promoted to the first team for the 2020 season.[1] He made his league debut against Tochigi on 23 February 2020.[2] Maikuma scored his first league goal against Ryukyu on 15 July 2020, scoring in the 40th minute.[3]
Cerezo Osaka
[edit]On 23 December 2021, Maikuma was announced at Cerezo Osaka.[4] On 9 December 2022, Maikuma, along with Satoki Uejo and Tokuma Suzuki, had their contracts renewed.[5] On 23 April 2023, Maikuma scored against Kashiwa Reysol in the 23rd minute.[6]
In 2023, Maikuma was part of the 2023 J1 League Best XI.[7]
AZ
[edit]On 21 June 2024, Maikuma joined Eredivisie side AZ on a four-year deal.[8]
International career
[edit]In August 2023, Maikuma received his first call-up to the Japan senior national team by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, for two friendly matches against Germany and Turkey.[9][10] On 12 September 2023, Maikuma made his international debut in a friendly match against Turkey.[11]
On 1 January 2024, Maikuma was named in the Japan squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]As of match played 27 October 2024.[13][14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2020 | J2 League | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 74 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 75 | 7 | ||||
| Cerezo Osaka | 2022 | J1 League | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 | |
| 2023 | J1 League | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | J1 League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 74 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | – | 95 | 1 | |||
| AZ | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Career total | 158 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 12 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of matches played 9 February 2024.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "毎熊 晟矢選手 新加入内定のお知らせ". www.v=varen.com (in Japanese).
- ^ ""大学3冠"明治大出身者がさすがの存在感! J1・J2開幕節、新卒ルーキーの結果は?". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). 25 February 2020.
- ^ "長崎ドローも単独首位!大卒ルーキー毎熊、琉球もルーキー池田が初ゴール". web.gekisaka.kjp (in Japanese). 15 July 2020.
- ^ "毎熊 晟矢選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". www.cerezo.jp (in Japanese). 23 December 2021.
- ^ "複数年契約更新選手について". www.cerezo.jp (in Japanese). 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Cerezo Osaka vs Kashiwa Reysol - 23 April 2023". www.cerezo.jp.
- ^ "初ベストイレブン受賞のC大阪DF毎熊晟矢、攻守に収穫と課題見出す「ますますがんばらないと」". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). 5 December 2023.
- ^ "MAIKUMA EERSTE ZOMERAANWINST AZ" (in Dutch). AZ Alkmaar. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) squad & schedule - International Friendly Match vs Germany (9/9＠Germany) KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 vs Turkey (9/12＠Belgium)". Japan Football Association. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Football: Wataru Endo, Kaoru Mitoma in Japan squad for Germany, Turkey friendlies". Mainichi Daily News. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "トルコ戦に臨む日本代表スタメン発表！ 毎熊、町田がA代表デビューへ". www.soccer-king.jp (in Japanese). 12 September 2023.
- ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) squad - AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023". jfa.jp.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2021 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑: NSKムック (日本語) (NSK MOOK)”, 18 February 2021, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411772 (p. 169 out of 298)
- ^ Seiya Maikuma at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "2023年Jリーグベスト11は神戸と浦和が最多タイ4名！ 大迫勇也や西川周作ら". GOAL. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Seiya Maikuma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Japanese men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- V-Varen Nagasaki players
- Cerezo Osaka players
- Japan men's international footballers
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands