Hayao Kawabe, who scored his first goal for the Japanese national team in June at the midfielder of soccer J1 and Sanfrecce Hiroshima, will be transferred to the glass hopper of the first division of Switzerland.

Sanfrecce announced on the 1st that Kawabe has agreed to make a full transfer to the prestigious Swiss Super League championship 27 times in the first division of Switzerland, Grasshopper.



Kawabe is 25 years old from Hiroshima City.

Since I was a junior high school student, I played for the Sanfrecce sub-organization and signed a professional contract in 2013.



After playing for Jubilo Iwata from 2015, he returned to Sanfrecce in 2018.



Playing in a defensive position voluntary in the midfielder, he has been playing an active role as a cornerstone of offense and defense with abundant momentum and accurate passes and dribbles, and has participated in 19 league games so far this season and scored 3 goals. Is listed.



He was selected for the first time as Japan national team in March, and scored his first goal against Tajikistan in the second qualifying round of the World Cup Asia in June.



Kawabe said, "I feel lonely to leave Sanfrecce, where I spent 11 years, and to leave Hiroshima, where I was born and raised. But now, more than that, the people who support me have grown up in a new environment. I'm full of desire to show you, "he commented through the club.



Kawabe's final match at Sanfrecce will be the match against Sagan Tosu at home on the 3rd.