Japanese goalkeeper Louis Yamaguchi (21 years-old) just made history as the first Japanese (and Asian) goalkeeper to start in the Spanish La Liga. He started today for Spanish club Extremadura UD in a second division match against Girona.
https://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/201...02381-yamaguchi-sentencia-al-extremadura.html Not a debut to remember...
excellent. some fantastic young gk talent coming through keisuke osako, leo brian kokubo, kosei tani, zion suzuki.
Unfortunantely had a terrible debut first two goals where terrible mistakes. Still young though hopefully can recover mentally and perform if/or whenever a chance comes again.
His team is officially relegated to Spanish third tier. He just made one rare apperance, but was the team's second-choice GK during most part of the season (he made the bench 35 times). One positive is that he might get more playing time in the lower league.
Yamaguchi joined Recreativo de Heulva after being released by Extremadura. @Dax kindly close the thread.