Yoshiki Maeda facts for kids
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoshiki Maeda | ||
| Date of birth | August 29, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Saga, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Ryukoku High School | ||
| 1994–1996 | Fukuoka University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | (0) |
| 2002 | Alouette Kumamoto | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 14 | (0) | |
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Yoshiki Maeda (前田 義貴, Maeda Yoshiki, born August 29, 1975) is a former Japanese football player. He played as a goalkeeper. Maeda was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
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Football Career: Playing as a Goalkeeper
Yoshiki Maeda was born on August 29, 1975, in Saga Prefecture. He started his professional football journey in 1997. At that time, he was a student at Fukuoka University.
Joining Sagan Tosu
Maeda joined a team called Sagan Tosu in 1997. This club was part of the Japan Football League. For the first two years, he did not play in any matches. He was a backup to another goalkeeper, Riki Takasaki.
Moving to J2 League
In 1999, Sagan Tosu moved up to a new league called J2 League. Maeda got to play his first professional game that year. However, he still did not play many matches. He stayed with Sagan Tosu until 2001.
Playing for Alouette Kumamoto
In 2002, Maeda moved to another team. He joined Alouette Kumamoto, which was also in the Japan Football League. He played only a few matches for this team. At the end of the 2002 season, Yoshiki Maeda decided to retire from playing football.
Life After Football: Working with Video Games
After he stopped playing football, Yoshiki Maeda found a new career. In 2012, he started working with a famous video game company. This company is called Konami.
Motion Actor for Pro Evolution Soccer
Maeda became a "motion actor" for the Pro Evolution Soccer video game series. A motion actor helps create realistic movements for characters in games. They do this by wearing special suits that record their body movements. Yoshiki Maeda has worked on every game in the series since Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. He helps make the football players in the game move just like real ones.
See also
In Spanish: Yoshiki Maeda para niños
