Argentinos Juniors, identified as the “Seedbed of the World” for the historical value of its lower divisions, announced the hiring of the young Japanese forward Ryoga Kida, which will be linked to a loan until December 31, with a purchase option.
The La Paternal club made it official on their X account with an original clip that combines their goals and appearances in their now former club, Nagoya, with the style of the anime series Supercampeones.
“Kida is a new player for our institution and will join the reserve team in the coming days. He arrives on loan with a purchase option and signs a contract until 12-31-2024 under the contractual productivity scheme”reported the La Paternal painting.
Kida, 18 years old and 1.76 meters tall, he will initially join the Reserve team led by Cristian Zermatten under a contractual productivity scheme.
Born in the capital of Japan, Kida He began playing soccer in the Tokyo Verdy junior team, then moved to FC Tama until reaching the Nagoya Grampus youth team, which allowed him to debut in the first division last year. He played 20 games in the highest category of Japanese football and scored three goals.
“Since I started playing soccer, admiring Lionel Messi, I follow South American football and Argentine football, and I always wanted to challenge myself if I had the chance. It was a very difficult decision to take on the challenge of going to Argentina, but I thought this was the perfect time,” he said in statements to the official Nagoya Grampus site.
“I will do what I can. The best thing is to generate growth from the other side of Japan. For this decision to be the right one, I will show my soul in Argentina, even in the face of adversity, and I will play football with my life at stake,” the forward promised.
Kida’s arrival in the country is not the first for a Japanese. On the contrary, there was a very brilliant one back in 2001, more than two decades ago, when Mauricio Macri, then president of Boca moved pieces to diagram the arrival of Naohiro Takaharawho was only able to score one goal during his stay at Xeneize.
Meanwhile, there were also other Japanese in Argentine soccer such as Yasuke Kato -Huracán and Defensores de Belgrano-, Akira Misu – Estudiantes de La Plata and Defensa y Justicia-, Watari Takashi -Reserva de Boca and Dock Sud-, Yasushi Kawakami -Banfield -, Ryosuke Kijima -Defensores de Belgrano- and Ohira Makoto -Alvarado de Mar del Plata, All Boys and Comunicaciones.
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