August 8th, 2008
Daisuke Matsui, Japanese soccerstar who recently moved to French Ligue 1 club St Etienne, believed to become a successor of former Japanese soccerstar Hidetoshi Nakata in European football competition.
St Etienne chief executive Vincent Tong-Cuong also believe that Matsui to become one of Japanese football legend in europe. “Matsui is a beautiful player, with very good technique, speed and talent to beat his opponents, I want him to be a fans favourite in St Etienne” Tong-Cuong added. “I think Matsui can play well for us in the UEFA Cup.”
“Playing in european competition is one of my dreams. I’d like to develop my game by playing with various teams and various players in European competition,” Matsui told the press following his dream move to Saint Etienne in May. “I believe it is a joy for a player to be playing in front of St Etienne crowds and I’d like to be accepted by the supporters first”.
During the 2007-08 season Matsui appeared in 34 games for other French Ligue 1 club Le Mans and the team finished in 9th place. At the conclusion of the season, after having played for Le Mans for four consecutive years, Matsui announced his transfer to AS Saint-Étienne of Ligue 1 on a three year signing.
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January 20th, 2007
Former Japan National Team forward Takayuki Suzuki is heading back to the J-League and join Yokohama Marinos from Red Star Belgrade.
Takayuki Suzuki, 30 year-old, has spent just over a year at Red Star Belgrade from Kashima Antlers but has made little impact at the club.
Marinos are plans Suzuki to replace Tatsuhiko Kubo who joined Yokohama FC last week and they feel that Suzuki, who scored eleven times in 55 appearances for the national team, could help them challenge for the 2007 J-League title after two disappointing seasons.
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January 10th, 2007
J-league club Kashima Antlers have signed three Brazilian player, The 27-year-old Danilo Gabriel de Andrade, signed an 11-month contract starting from 2 february 2007. The two other player are defender Jose Fabio Alves Azevedo (Fabao) and striker Marcos Gomes De Araujo (Marquinhos) both of them has signed contract until January 1 next year.
Danilo has made 17 goals in his time with Sao Paulo and making 122 appearances for the squad. Fabao was chosen for the best 11 in the Brazilian league last season, while Marquinhos has scored 50 goals in 110 games for Verdy Tokyo, Yokohama Marinos, JEF United Chiba and Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League.
I feel honoured to play for this team,” said Danilo. “It’s been my dream to play for Kashima Antlers. It´s a team capable of winning the title. Hopefully, I can help the team win the title,” said Marquinhos, also 30.
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January 2nd, 2007
After three years as coach of J-League club Urawa Reds Guido Buchwald left the club and back to his countries Germany. Guido Buchwald The former Germany World Cup winning defender Lifting the cup for a second successive year.
A month after capturing their first J-League title, Urawa completing this seasons with the Emperor’s Cup title with a 1-0 win over Gamba Osaka. The win at Tokyo National Stadium came courtesy of a goal two minutes from time from Yuichiro Nagai.
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