Cinderella, who earned 1.8 billion won a year from the fifth division of Germany, shakes her position in the Middle East → Transfer to another team in the UAE
Jul 11, 2025
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) club diva al-Fujaira announced on the 11th (Korea time) that it had hired Uchino on loan through its official channel.
Right back Uchino, who has excellent defense, is a player who has drawn attention as a success story in Japan.
Born in Kashiwa Reysol and Jeff United Youth in Japan, he entered the German lower league as a teenager in 2018 and took a step-by-step career.
Ucino, who played in Germany's fifth division for Alemania Aken in 2020, joined the Fortuna Düsseldorf reserve team in 2021 and made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga (Germany's second division) in 2022.
Uchino, who played in 16 matches in the second division by changing his uniform number from 41 to 2 in the 2023-2024 season, was selected as a surprise to Japan's U-23 national team ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics finals. In April last year, he wore the captain's armband in a match between Korea and Japan in the group stage of the Asian U-23 Asian Cup against South Korea in Doha, Qatar. At that time, South Korea won 1-0 with Kim Min-woo's winning goal.
Uchino, who impressed Oiwa, the late U-23 national team coach, participated in the Olympic finals squad after fierce entry competition.
Ucino moved from Dusseldorf to United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl after the Olympics. The annual salary amounted to about 1.3 million dollars (about 1.8 billion won). I had a meal with Jung Seung-hyun, who returned to Ulsan this month.
However, Uchino played only 17 games for Al Wasl last season. There was one point of attack.
After the season, he showed interest in various clubs, including the J League, and eventually decided to join the promotion team Diva and play in the UAE League for another season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
