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| Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介, Katō Yūsuke, born 13 February 1986) is a Japanese former football midfielder who last played for Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in Bangladesh. Kato is the second Japanese player to play in Argentina's top division football league after Naohiro Takahara.
At the age of 14, he went to Argentina to learn football, and after graduating from high school, went to Argentina again to play football.
He is the first Japanese football player to play in the first division (Primera Division) after promoting from the U-20 in Argentina.
Antonio Mohamed, the manager of that time, said, “Kato is my son. He has a great scoring ability.”
The manager Osvaldo Ardiles said, “He can definitely play well in J League.”
The teammates who have played together so far are Javier Pastore, Dani Osvaldo, Joaquín Larrivey and Mario Bolatti. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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