Takayuki Seto

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The native form of this personal name is Seto Takayuki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Takayuki Seto
File:Takayuki Seto - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Hermannstadt, 13 February 2023.jpg
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
 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[1]
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– Argeș Pitești 39 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 December 2025

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 I club Argeș Pitești.

Career

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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

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As of match played 20 December 2025.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
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[c] 0 — 36 2
2014–15 Liga I 32 6 0 0 4 1 8[c] 1 1[d] 0 45 8
2015–16 Liga I 5 0 0 0 0 0 4[c] 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[e] 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[c] 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 27 1 3 0 — — — 30 1
2025–26 Liga I 12 0 2 1 — — — 14 1
Total 39 1 5 1 — — — 44 2
Career total 503 37 40 4 7 1 33 2 1 0 584 44
  1. ^ Includes Cupa României, Turkish Cup, Latvian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Cupa Ligii, J. League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercupa României
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Astra Giurgiu[5]

RFS[5]

Petrolul Ploiești[5]

Argeș Pitești

Records

References

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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

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  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.
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  5. ^ a b c d Takayuki Seto at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2021.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • Personal blog (in Japanese)
  • Takayuki Seto at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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