is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Maeda was born in

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on August 29, 1975. In 1997, when he was Fukuoka University student, he joined

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club Sagan Tosu. Although he could not play at all in the match behind Riki Takasaki until 1998, the club was promoted to new league

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from 1999. Although he debuted in 1999, he could not play many matches until 2001. In 2002, he moved to

club Alouette Kumamoto. However he could not play many matches and retired end of 2002 season.

After retirement from football

In 2012 Maeda started working with

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as a motion actor for

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videogames. He was a motion actor for all the parts of this game series since Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.

Club statistics

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* 1975 births Living people Fukuoka University alumni Association football people from Saga Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Japan Football League players Sagan Tosu players Roasso Kumamoto players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub