Takayuki Seto

Takayuki Seto
	Seto with Petrolul Ploiești in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Takayuki Seto
Date of birth	5 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Argeș Pitești
Number	25
Youth career
1997–2001	Nagoya
2001–2003	Atsuta High School
2004	Avaí
2005	Corinthians
2005	Portuguesa-RJ
2006	Aichi New Waves
2006–2007	OSFC
2007	T.T.Choppar
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2015	Astra Giurgiu
2015–2017	Osmanlıspor
2016–2017	→ Astra Giurgiu (loan)
2017–2018	Astra Giurgiu
2018	Ventforet Kofu
2019–2020	RFS
2020–2021	Astra Giurgiu
2021–2024	Petrolul Ploiești
2024–	Argeș Pitești
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Takayuki Seto (Japanese: 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.^[2]

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,^[3] respectively. In July 2024, aged 38, he joined Argeș Pitești.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024.^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Astra Giurgiu	2007–08	Liga III	33	7	0	0	—		—		—		33	7
	2008–09	Liga II	27	1	3	1	—		—		—		30	2
	2009–10	Liga I	34	3	3	0	—		—		—		37	3
	2010–11	Liga I	33	3	1	0	—		—		—		34	3
	2011–12	Liga I	33	1	2	0	—		—		—		35	1
	2012–13	Liga I	33	7	5	1	—		—		—		38	8
	2013–14	Liga I	24	2	5	0	—		7	0	—		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	—		9	0
	Total		254	30	19	2	4	1	19	1	1	0	297	34
Osmanlıspor	2015–16	Süper Lig	7	0	2	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2016–17	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		7	0	2	0	—		—		—		9	0
Astra Giurgiu (loan)	2015–16	Liga I	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2016–17	Liga I	33	1	5	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	51	2
	Total		43	1	5	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	61	2
Astra Giurgiu	2017–18	Liga I	26	2	3	0	—		—		—		29	2
Ventforet Kofu	2018	J2 League	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
RFS	2019	Virslīga	24	1	2	0	—		2	0	—		28	1
Astra Giurgiu	2019–20	Liga I	7	1	—		—		—		—		7	1
	2020–21	Liga I	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
Petrolul Ploiești	2021–22	Liga II	27	1	1	0	—		—		—		28	1
	2022–23	Liga I	35	0	1	0	—		—		—		36	0
	2023–24	Liga I	35	0	2	0	–		—		—		37	0
	2024–25	Liga I	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		98	1	4	0	—		—		—		102	1
Argeș Pitești	2024–25	Liga II	9	0	1	0	—		—		—		10	0
Career total			473	36	36	3	7	1	33	2	1	0	550	42

Honours

Astra Giurgiu^[5]

RFS^[5]

Latvian Cup: 2019

Petrolul Ploiești^[5]

Liga II: 2021–22

Records

Foreign player with the most appearances in Liga I: 345^{[note 1]}

References

Notes

^ 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.

Citations

^ "Profile". Takayuki Seto official blog. Retrieved October 6, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 瀬戸貴幸選手「日本代表としてブラジルに戻りたい」 (in Japanese). Soccer Navi.
^ "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" (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Bine ai venit, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!" [Welcome, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!]. argesfc.ro (in Romanian). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Takayuki Seto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

External links

Personal blog (in Japanese)
Takayuki Seto at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Takayuki Seto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[6] 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.

[1] "Profile". Takayuki Seto official blog. Retrieved October 6, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] 瀬戸貴幸選手「日本代表としてブラジルに戻りたい」 (in Japanese). Soccer Navi.

[3] "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" (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[4] "Bine ai venit, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!" [Welcome, Takayuki Seto! Yokoso!]. argesfc.ro (in Romanian). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[SW-5] Takayuki Seto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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