Seiichiro Maki

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Seiichiro Maki
Personal information
Full name Seiichiro Maki
Date of birth August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 27)
Place of birth    Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003- JEF United Ichihara Chiba 155 0(40)   
National team2
2005- Japan 032 00(8)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 19, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 2, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Seiichiro Maki (巻 誠一郎 Maki Seiichirō?, born August 8, 1980 in Uki, Kumamoto, Japan) is a professional football(soccer) player. He is a forward and currently plays for J-league side JEF United Ichihara Chiba, and has been a member of the Japanese national football team since 2005.

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[edit] Playing career

Maki was a key player for Komazawa University in Tokyo along with current Nagoya Grampus player Masaki Fukai. Maki represented Japan in the 2001 summer Universiade in Beijing, contributing to their championship win by scoring 3 goals in the tournament.

After graduating from Komazama Univ. in 2003, Maki joined JEF United Ichihara. He made his first professional appearance on March 22, 2003 against Tokyo Verdy 1969. He scored his first professional goal on August 2, 2003 against Urawa Red Diamonds. 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, and was also invited to play with the Japanese national football team for the Asian qualification tournament leading up to the 2006 World Cup. In 2006 he was selected for Japan's World Cup squad and started a match against Brazil.

He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played 4 games. He scored 2 goals in the tournament, both against Vietnam.

[edit] Personal life

He got married to former actress Tomoko Kitagawa in June 2007. His younger brother Yuki is also a professional footballer playing for Nagoya Grampus. His younger sister Karina plays handball in Japan's top league (as of 2007).

[edit] National team

[edit] International Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. February 10, 2006 San Francisco, U.S. Flag of the United States USA 2-3 Lost Friendly
2. February 22, 2006 Yokohama, Japan Flag of India India 6-0 Won 2007 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
3. May 9, 2006 Osaka, Japan Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1-2 Lost Friendly
4. March 24, 2007 Yokohama, Japan Flag of Peru Peru 2-0 Won Friendly
5. July 16, 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 4-1 Won 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
6. July 16, 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 4-1 Won 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
7. September 11, 2007 Klagenfurt, Austria Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4-3 Won Friendly
8. February 6, 2008 Saitama, Japan Flag of Thailand Thailand 4-1 Won 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

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JEF United Ichihara Chiba – current squad

1 Tateishi • 2 Sakamoto • 3 Saito • 4 Bosnar • 6 Shimomura • 7 Kudo • 8 Baba • 9 K. Aoki • 10 Reinaldo • 11 Arai • 13 Ichihara • 14 Ikeda • 15 Nakajima • 16 Yazawa • 17 Kushino • 18 Maki • 19 Ito • 20 Kokeguchi • 21 Nakamaki • 22 Yonekura • 23 Rakuyama • 26 Kanazawa • 29 Masuyama • 30 Okamoto • 31 R. Aoki • 39 Matsumoto • 40 Hrgović • 41 Toda • Manager: Miller
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Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki • 2 Moniwa • 3 Komano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Takahara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Maki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Inamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Tsuboi • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico
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