Seiichiro Maki

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Seiichiro Maki
Maki at Amkar Perm in 2010
Personal information
Full name Seiichiro Maki
Date of birth (1980-08-07) August 7, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Uki, Kumamoto, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–1998 Ozu High School
1999–2002 Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2010 JEF United Chiba 220 (53)
2010 Amkar Perm 9 (0)
2011 Shenzhen Ruby 4 (0)
2011–2013 Tokyo Verdy 51 (7)
2014–2018 Roasso Kumamoto 167 (9)
Total 451 (69)
National team
2005–2009 Japan 38 (8)
Honours
JEF United Chiba
Winner J.League Cup 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2006
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Seiichiro Maki (巻 誠一郎, Maki Seiichiro, born August 7, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. His brother Yuki Maki is also a former footballer.

Biography[change | change source]

Maki was born in Uki on August 7, 1980. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) in 2003. For his first year at JEF, he was often used as a second-half substitute. However, in 2005 he became a starting forward for the team. JEF won the champions in 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. However many players left the club and the club results were sluggish late 2000s. JEF finished at the bottom place in 2009 season and was relegated to J2 League first time in the club history. His opportunity to play decreased for generational change in 2010. In July 2010, Maki moved to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm. In March 2011, he moved to Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Ruby. However he could not play many matches in both clubs. In August 2011, he returned to Japan and signed with J2 League club Tokyo Verdy. He played many matches as mainly substitute forward in 3 seasons. In 2014, he moved to his local club Roasso Kumamoto. He played more than 30 matches as mainly substitute forward every season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2018 and Roasso was relegated to J3 League end of 2018 season. He retired end of 2018 season.

In July 2005, Maki was selected Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against North Korea on July 31. In 2006, he was selected for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad and started a match against Brazil. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 Asian Cup and played 4 games. He scored 2 goals in the tournament, both against Vietnam. He played 38 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2009.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics League CupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
2003 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 17 2 3 1 4 0 24 3
2004 30 6 1 0 5 4 36 10
2005 JEF United Chiba J1 League 33 12 2 1 10 4 45 17
2006 32 12 1 0 5 3 38 15
2007 34 5 1 0 6 0 41 5
2008 30 11 0 0 3 0 33 11
2009 31 5 3 1 5 1 39 7
2010 J2 League 13 0 0 0 - 13 0
RussiaLeague Russian Cup Russian Premier League CupTotal
2010 Amkar Perm Premier League 9 0 0 0 - 9 0
ChinaLeague Chinese FA Cup League CupTotal
2011 Shenzhen Ruby Super League 4 0 0 0 - 4 0
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
2011 Tokyo Verdy J2 League 14 3 2 0 - 16 3
2012 18 1 0 0 - 18 1
2013 19 3 2 2 - 21 5
2014 Roasso Kumamoto J2 League 38 2 1 0 - 39 2
2015 39 3 2 0 - 41 3
2016 35 0 0 0 - 35 0
2017 30 3 2 0 - 32 3
2018 25 1 1 0 - 26 1
Country Japan 438 69 21 5 38 12 497 86
Russia 9 0 0 0 - 9 0
China 4 0 0 0 - 4 0
Total 451 69 21 5 38 12 510 86

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2005 3 0
2006 14 3
2007 9 4
2008 9 1
2009 3 0
Total 38 8

References[change | change source]

  1. Seiichiro Maki at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Seiichiro Maki at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. Japan National Football Team Database

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