Thirty-six, Hungary, the best age to re-enter Europe...North Korea and the U.S. are aiming to play in the World Cup

Apr 01, 2025

Thirty-six, Hungary, the best age to re-enter Europe...North Korea and the U.S. are aiming to play in the World Cup
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Thirty-six, Hungary, the best age to re-enter Europe...North Korea and the U.S. are aiming to play in the World Cup
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Former Japanese national goalkeeper Shuichi Konda re-entered the European stage at the age of 36.

On the 31st of last month (local time), Debreceni announced the recruitment of Gonda, who played for Shimizu in Japan until last year. With a three-month short-term contract, it is reported that he has decided to go to Europe with the goal of participating in the upcoming 2026 North Korea-China World Cup. Debrechenny is the team that Seok Hyun-jun played in 2017.

"This challenge is very important to me," Gonda said on the club's website. I'm aiming to play in the next World Cup. "There's no physical problem. The last official match I played in Japan was in November last year, but I have been training in Japan and Europe since then" he said.




Gonda made her professional debut with FC Tokyo in 2007 and made her first European appearance in 2016. Left on short-term loan to Austrian club SV Horn. Gonda, who returned to Sagan dos for the first time in a year, moved to Portimonense, Portugal, in 2019 and stayed for two seasons.

Thirty-six, Hungary, the best age to re-enter Europe...North Korea and the U.S. are aiming to play in the World Cup
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In 2022, Konda, who was completely transferred to Shimizu on loan, remained with the team even after the team was relegated to the second division and kept the goal for two seasons. Throughout his professional career, he played 505 games.

Konda was first selected for the Japanese national team in 2010 and played 38 A matches by 2022. He is one of the winning members of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup. In 2019 and 2021, he won the starting lineup, but gave up the No. 1 spot to Suzuki Zion (Parma).




Japanese coach Hajime Moriyasu was naturally pushed back in the process of pushing for a generational change of goalkeeper. However, Gonda took on a new challenge by not giving up her dream of playing in the third World Cup after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.