Born in Japan on 20th October 1997, Daizen Maeda has made a name for himself as a left winger, primarily in his current role at Celtic Football Club at the age of 28. Standing at 5ft 8in (1.73m) and weighing in at 10st 9lb (68kg), Maeda wears the number 38 jersey for Celtic.
According to the popular football statistics website, Transfermarkt, Maeda’s current market value is approximately £10.2m.
Maeda's career kicked off in 2016, when he joined the team at Matsumoto Yamaga in Japan's lower leagues. There, he made nine first team appearances in his debut season. In 2017, he was loaned to Mito Hollyhock in the J2 League in Japan, where he made 20 first team appearances and scored eight goals.
Upon the completion of his loan in 2018, he returned to Matsumoto Yamaga where, in 2019, he made 18 appearances and netted two goals.
In July 2019, Maeda was again loaned out, this time to Portuguese squad, Marítimo, where in one season, he made 23 first team appearances and scored three goals.
The following year, there was a change of scenery for Maeda as he was transferred to Yokohama F. Marinos in the J1 League in Japan for an undisclosed fee. Over the course of the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Maeda made a total of 59 appearances and scored an impressive 26 goals.
Come January 2022, Maeda moved a significant deal further west, joining the ranks of Celtic Football Club in Scotland’s Premiership on loan. His performance at Celtic in the recent years has been remarkable: from 2021 - 2026, Maeda has made 144 first team appearances, scoring 43 goals in total.
No longer a loan for Celtic, Maeda made a permanent transfer from Yokohama F. Marinos to Celtic for a fee of around £1.4m in July 2022. His contribution to the team over the last years has been fruitful, with solid performance in Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and Europa League games, as well as his involvement in the World Cup Qualifiers in Asia for his national team, Japan.
