BERLIN: Japan defender Tomoaki Makino has joined Bundesliga strugglers Cologne from J-League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
“I’ve been observing the player for a long time and I’m convinced of his qualities,” Cologne sporting director Volker Finke told the club’s website (www.fc-koeln.de) on Friday.
The 23-year-old Makino has been included in Japan’s squad for next month’s Asian Cup in Qatar and will join up with his Cologne team-mates at the end of the tournament.
He was included in the J-League’s team of the season but was left out of Japan’s squad for this year’s World Cup.
Makino joins fellow countrymen Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04), Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg) and Kisho Yano (Freiburg) in the Bundesliga.
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