Naoki Maeda (前田 直輝, Maeda Naoki, born 17 November 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Utrecht.[1]
![]() Maeda in 2022 with FC Utrecht | ||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 27) | |||||||||
Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | |||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team |
Utrecht (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) | |||||||||
Number | 30 | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
2007–2012 | Tokyo Verdy Youth | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2012–2015 | Tokyo Verdy | 48 | (4) | |||||||
2015 | → Matsumoto Yamaga (loan) | 31 | (3) | |||||||
2015 | → J. League U-22 (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||
2016–2017 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 32 | (6) | |||||||
2018 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | (3) | |||||||
2018– | Nagoya Grampus | 111 | (26) | |||||||
2022– | → Utrecht (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2022 (UTC) |
Naoki Maeda joined to J2 League club; Tokyo Verdy in 2012. In 2015, he moved to J1 League club; Matsumoto Yamaga. In 2016, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos before rejoining Matsumoto in 2018. In January 2022 he was loaned to FC Utrecht of the Dutch Eredivisie on a six-month loan spell.[2] He made his debut on 16 January 2022 in a match against AFC Ajax starting on his debut and playing for 11 minutes before being forced off due to a broken leg following a tackle from Ajax’s Lisandro Martínez.[3] It was announced on 31 August 2022 that Utrecht signed Maeda on loan again for the 2022–23 season.[4]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tokyo Verdy | 2012 | J2 League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
2013 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
2014 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 3 | |||
Total | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | ||
Matsumoto Yamaga (loan) | 2015 | J1 League | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 5 |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 2016 | J1 League | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
2017 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
Total | 32 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 7 | ||
Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | J2 League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | |
Nagoya Grampus | 2018 | J1 League | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 |
Career total | 145 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 173 | 25 |
FC Utrecht – current squad | |
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