Celtic FC· PremiershipMaeda has won five Scottish Premiership titles, three Scottish Cups, and two Scottish League Cups with Celtic. He also finished as the top goal scorer in one season and won the Japanese second league championship earlier in his career.
Daizen Maeda is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Celtic in the Scottish Premiership. Born in Taishi, Osaka, he began his career in Japan before moving to Europe, where he has become a key player for Celtic. Maeda has won multiple Scottish league titles and cups, and was the top goal scorer in one season.
Maeda is known for his explosive pace and relentless work rate, making him a constant threat on the counter-attack. He excels at pressing defenders and creating chances from wide positions, though his finishing can be inconsistent. His tactical role as a left winger involves stretching defenses and providing width, while also contributing defensively.
| Season | Comp | Apps | G | A | YC | RC | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/26 | Scottish FA Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| 25/26 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 450 |
| 25/26 | Scottish League Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 294 |
| 25/26 | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2386 |
| 25/26 | International Friendlies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 |
| 25/26 | UEFA Europa League | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 612 |
| 25/26 | UEFA Champions League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 24/25 | Scottish FA Cup | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 480 |
| 24/25 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 342 |
| 24/25 | Scottish League Cup | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
| 24/25 | Scottish Premiership | 30 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2217 |
| 24/25 | UEFA Champions League | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 762 |
| 23/24 | World Cup qualification Asia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 296 |
| 23/24 | Scottish FA Cup | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 255 |
| 23/24 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 170 |
| 23/24 | Scottish League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 23/24 | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1892 |
| 23/24 | International Friendlies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 23/24 | UEFA Champions League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 285 |
| 22/23 | Scottish FA Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 303 |
| 22/23 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 |
| 22/23 | Scottish League Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| 22/23 | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1687 |
| 22/23 | International Friendlies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 22/23 | UEFA Champions League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 333 |
| 21/22 | UEFA Conference League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 21/22 | Scottish FA Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| 21/22 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 316 |
| 21/22 | Scottish Premiership | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 860 |
| 21/22 | International Friendlies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 2025 | East Asian Football Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | AFC Asian Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2022 | World Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| 2022 | East Asian Football Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2021 | Emperor's Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | J. League Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
| 2021 | J1 League | 36 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2813 |
| 2020 | J. League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| 2020 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | J1 League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1007 |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League (- 2024) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 |
| 2020 | AFC U23 Asian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Emperor's Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | J. League Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | J1 League | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463 |
| 2019 | East Asian Football Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Copa América | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 2018 | Emperor's Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | J2 League | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2020 |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 436 |
| 2017 | Emperor's Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | J2 League | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3006 |
| 2016 | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 2016 | J2 League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 2016 | J1 qualification Play-off | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20/21 | International Friendlies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19/20 | World Cup qualification Asia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 19/20 | Taça de Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 19/20 | Allianz Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19/20 | Liga Portugal | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598 |
| 19/20 | International Friendlies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 19/20 | AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18/19 | International Friendlies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Competition | Min | G | A | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | Iceland | 🏠 | 1:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-28 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-18 | Bolivia | 🏠 | 3:0 | International Friendlies | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-14 | Ghana | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-14 | Brazil | 🏠 | 3:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-10 | Paraguay | 🏠 | 2:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-09 | Japan | ✈ | 2:0 | International Friendlies | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-07 | Japan | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-07-15 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-07-12 | Japan | - | 0:0 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-07-08 | Japan | - | 1:1 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-10 | Indonesia | 🏠 | 6:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-05 | Japan | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-25 | Saudi Arabia | 🏠 | 0:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-20 | Bahrain | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-19 | Japan | ✈ | 1:3 | World Cup qualification Asia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-15 | Japan | ✈ | 0:4 | World Cup qualification Asia | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-15 | Australia | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-10 | Japan | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification Asia | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-10 | Japan | ✈ | 0:5 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-05 | China | 🏠 | 7:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-11 | Syria | 🏠 | 5:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-06 | Japan | ✈ | 0:5 | World Cup qualification Asia | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-03-26 | Japan | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-21 | North Korea | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-02-03 | Japan | ✈ | 2:1 | AFC Asian Cup | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-01-31 | Japan | ✈ | 1:3 | AFC Asian Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-01-24 | Japan | ✈ | 1:3 | AFC Asian Cup | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-01-19 | Japan | ✈ | 2:1 | AFC Asian Cup | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-01-14 | Japan | ✈ | 2:4 | AFC Asian Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-01-01 | Thailand | 🏠 | 5:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-11-21 | Japan | ✈ | 0:5 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-11-16 | Myanmar | 🏠 | 5:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-10-17 | Tunisia | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-10-13 | Canada | 🏠 | 4:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-09-12 | Japan | ✈ | 2:4 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-09-09 | Japan | ✈ | 1:4 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-06-20 | Peru | 🏠 | 4:1 | International Friendlies | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-06-15 | El Salvador | 🏠 | 6:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-28 | Colombia | 🏠 | 1:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-24 | Uruguay | 🏠 | 1:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-05 | Japan | ✈ | 4:2 | World Cup | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-01 | Japan | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-27 | Japan | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-23 | Japan | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-17 | Japan | ✈ | 2:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-27 | Japan | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-23 | Japan | ✈ | 0:2 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-07-27 | South Korea | 🏠 | 3:0 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-07-24 | China | 🏠 | 0:0 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-07-19 | Hong Kong | 🏠 | 6:0 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-14 | Tunisia | 🏠 | 0:3 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-10 | Ghana | 🏠 | 4:1 | International Friendlies | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-06 | Brazil | 🏠 | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-02 | Paraguay | 🏠 | 4:1 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-29 | Vietnam | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-24 | Japan | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-02-01 | Saudi Arabia | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-01-27 | China | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-16 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-11 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-12 | Australia | 🏠 | 2:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-07 | Japan | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-07 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-02 | Oman | 🏠 | 0:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-15 | Kyrgyzstan | 🏠 | 5:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-11 | Serbia | 🏠 | 1:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-07 | Tajikistan | 🏠 | 4:1 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-05-28 | Myanmar | 🏠 | 10:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-03-30 | Mongolia | 🏠 | 14:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-03-25 | South Korea | 🏠 | 3:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-17 | Japan | ✈ | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-13 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-10-13 | Japan | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-10-09 | Japan | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-12-18 | Japan | ✈ | 1:0 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-12-14 | Japan | ✈ | 0:5 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-12-10 | Japan | ✈ | 1:2 | East Asian Football Championship | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-11-19 | Venezuela | 🏠 | 1:4 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-11-14 | Japan | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-10-15 | Japan | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-10-10 | Mongolia | 🏠 | 6:0 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-10 | Japan | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification Asia | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-05 | Paraguay | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-24 | Japan | ✈ | 1:1 | Copa América | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-20 | Japan | ✈ | 2:2 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-17 | Japan | ✈ | 4:0 | Copa América | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |