Takayuki Seto

Takayuki Seto
Seto with Petrolul Ploiești in 2023
Personal information
Full name Takayuki Seto
Date of birth (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth Nagoya, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ARO Câmpulung
Number 5
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 Apps (Gls)
2007–2015 Astra Giurgiu 254 (30)
2015–2017 Osmanlıspor 7 (0)
2016–2017 → Astra Giurgiu (loan) 43 (1)
2017–2018 Astra Giurgiu 26 (2)
2018 Ventforet Kofu 1 (0)
2019–2020 RFS 24 (1)
2020–2021 Astra Giurgiu 11 (1)
2021–2024 Petrolul Ploiești 98 (1)
2024–2026 Argeș Pitești 44 (1)
2026– ARO Câmpulung 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 May 2026

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 III club ARO Câmpulung.

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.

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, respectively. In July 2024, aged 38, he joined Argeș Pitești.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 July 2026.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Astra Giurgiu 2007–08 Liga III 33700———337
2008–09 Liga II 27131———302
2009–10 Liga I 34330———373
2010–11 Liga I 33310———343
2011–12 Liga I 33120———351
2012–13 Liga I 33751———388
2013–14 Liga I 24250—70—362
2014–15 Liga I 32600418110458
2015–16 Liga I 50000040—90
Total 25430192411911029734
Osmanlıspor 2015–16 Süper Lig 7020———90
2016–17 Süper Lig 0000———00
Total 7020———90
Astra Giurgiu (loan) 2015–16 Liga I 1000000——100
2016–17 Liga I 331511012100512
Total 431511012100612
Astra Giurgiu 2017–18 Liga I 26230———292
Ventforet Kofu 2018 J2 League 100020——30
RFS 2019 Virslīga 24120—20—281
Astra Giurgiu 2019–20 Liga I 71————71
2020–21 Liga I 4000———40
Total 11100———111
Petrolul Ploiești 2021–22 Liga II 27110———281
2022–23 Liga I 35010———360
2023–24 Liga I 35020–——370
2024–25 Liga I 10————10
Total 98140———1021
Argeș Pitești 2024–25 Liga II 27130———301
2025–26 Liga I 17041———211
Total 44171———512
ARO Câmpulung 2026–27 Liga III 0011———11
Career total 50837435713321059245
  1. ↑ Includes Cupa României, Turkish Cup, Latvian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Cupa Ligii, J. League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Astra Giurgiu

RFS

Petrolul Ploiești

Argeș Pitești

Records

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Profile". Takayuki Seto official blog. Retrieved October 6, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Takayuki Seto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2021.