Maya Yoshida, the captain of the Japanese national football team, has decided to join Schalke 04 in the German first division league.
33-year-old Yoshida is an experienced defender who has a strong competitiveness and has participated in a total of 119 games as a center back in the Japanese national team, and is currently the captain.
After playing in the English Premier League, I played for Sampdoria in the first division of Italy from January, but since I injured my right thigh in January, my chances of participating have decreased and I left the team at the end of last month.
Schalke 04 of Germany announced on the 5th that they have signed a one-year contract with Yoshida until June next year.
The contract comes with the option of extending the contract for one year.
Former Japan national team Atsuto Uchida also belonged to Schalke, and until last season, Japan national team defender Ko Itakura played and contributed to the victory of the second division of Germany as a key point of defense, and was promoted to the first division. I decided.
Yoshida sent a message to Japanese fans on the club's official Twitter account, saying, "It has been decided to join Schalke as the third Japanese. I will do my best not to lose to the previous two, for this team. I will do my best to contribute to. "