Takayuki Seto
{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1986)}}
{{Eastern name order|Seto Takayuki}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Takayuki Seto
| fullname = Takayuki Seto
| image = Takayuki Seto - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Hermannstadt, 13 February 2023.jpg
| upright = 0.7
| caption = Seto with Petrolul Ploiești in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nagoya, Japan
| height = 1.81 m
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Argeș Pitești
| clubnumber = 25
| youthyears1 = 1997–2001 | youthclubs1 = Nagoya
| youthyears2 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs2 = Atsuta High School
| youthyears3 = 2004 | youthclubs3 = Avaí
| youthyears4 = 2005 | youthclubs4 = Corinthians
| youthyears5 = 2005 | youthclubs5 = Portuguesa-RJ
| youthyears6 = 2006 | youthclubs6 = Aichi New Waves
| youthyears7 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs7 = OSFC{{cite web |url=http://profile.ameba.jp/takayuki-seto/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141006085911/http://profile.ameba.jp/takayuki-seto/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |title=Profile |publisher=Takayuki Seto official blog |date= |accessdate=October 6, 2014 }}
| youthyears8 = 2007 | youthclubs8 = T.T.Choppar
| years1 = 2007–2015 | clubs1 = Astra Giurgiu | caps1 = 254 | goals1 = 30
| years2 = 2015–2017 | clubs2 = Osmanlıspor | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = → Astra Giurgiu (loan) | caps3 = 43 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Astra Giurgiu | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Ventforet Kofu | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = RFS | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = Astra Giurgiu | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2021–2024 | clubs8 = Petrolul Ploiești | caps8 = 98 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = Argeș Pitești | caps9 = 27 | goals9 = 1
| pcupdate = 18 May 2025
}}
Takayuki Seto ({{langx|ja|瀬戸 貴幸}}, Seto Takayuki; born 5 February 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga II club Argeș Pitești.
Career
Born in Japan, Seto trained between 2004 and 2005 with Brazilian teams Avaí, Corinthians, and Portuguesa-RJ in order to improve his footballing skills. He also played indoor football in his country of birth.[http://football-navi.com/?p=680 瀬戸貴幸選手「日本代表としてブラジルに戻りたい」] {{in lang|ja}}. Soccer Navi.
Seto started out as a senior in 2007 with Romanian third division club Astra Ploiești; he spent most of his career at that side, which later relocated to Giurgiu. Seto totalled 26 goals from 274 games in the top flight and won four major honours with Astra, including the 2015–16 Liga I. He also had brief stints with clubs in Turkey, Japan, and Latvia, as well as with rivals Petrolul Ploiești,{{cite web |language=ro |url=https://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/nae-constantin-s-ar-fi-multumit-si-cu-un-usec-cu-farul-daca-petrolul-arata-bine-o-infrangere-e-chiar-mai-buna-ne-aduce-cu-picioarele-pe-pamant-takayuki-seto-a-inceput-pregatirile-19191284 |title=Nae Constantin s-ar fi mulțumit și cu un ușec cu Farul, dacă Petrolul arăta bine: "O înfrângere e chiar mai bună, ne aduce cu picioarele pe pământ". Takayuki Seto a început pregătirile cu echipa, dar antrenorul anunță și alte transferuri |publisher=liga2.prosport.ro|date= 5 July 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}} respectively. In July 2024, aged 38, he joined Argeș Pitești.{{cite web|url=https://argesfc.ro/bine-ai-venit-takayuki-seto-yokoso/|trans-title=Welcome, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!|title=Bine ai venit, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!|website=argesfc.ro|language=Romanian|date=22 July 2024|accessdate=22 July 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 18 May 2025.}}{{Soccerway|-seto/74668|access-date=22 October 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Continental ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=10|Astra Giurgiu
|33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 7 | ||||
| 2008–09
|27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2009–10
|34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 3 | ||||
| 2010–11
|Liga I |33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | ||||
| 2011–12
|Liga I |33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13
|Liga I |33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 8 | ||||
| 2013–14
|Liga I |24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15
|Liga I |32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 8 | |
| 2015–16
|Liga I |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!254 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 34 | |
| rowspan=3|Osmanlıspor
|7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17
|Süper Lig |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!7 | 0 | 2 | 0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9 | 0 | ||||||||
| rowspan=3|Astra Giurgiu (loan)
|Liga I |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|Liga I |33 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | |
| Astra Giurgiu
|Liga I |26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 2 | ||||
| Ventforet Kofu
|2018 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| RFS
|2019 |24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | |||
| rowspan=3|Astra Giurgiu
|Liga I |7 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2020–21
|Liga I |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="5"|Petrolul Ploiești
|Liga II |27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23
|Liga I |35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24
|Liga I |35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25
|Liga I |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!98 !1 !4 !0 !colspan="2"|— !colspan="2"|— !colspan="2"|— !102 !1 | ||||||||||||
| Argeș Pitești
|Liga II |27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!491 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 570 | 43 |
Honours
Argeș Pitești
Records
- Foreign player with the most appearances in Liga I: 345{{refn|group=note|Camora is the player born outside Romania with the most Liga I appearances, but in 2020 he obtained Romanian citizenship and earned his first caps for the nation.}}
References
Notes
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Citations
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External links
- [http://ameblo.jp/takayuki-seto/ Personal blog] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{RomanianSoccer|1819/takayuki-seto}}
- {{J.League player}}
{{FC Argeș Pitești squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seto, Takayuki}}
Category:Sportspeople from Nagoya
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Astra Giurgiu players
Category:Ankaraspor footballers
Category:Ventforet Kofu players
Category:Latvian Higher League players
Category:FC Petrolul Ploiești players
Category:FC Argeș Pitești players
Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Romania