Sota Kitano. (Photo courtesy of J-League)(Kyodo)
OSAKA (Kyodo) — Twenty-year-old Japanese forward Sota Kitano is joining Salzburg from J-League first-division club Cerezo Osaka, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
The Cerezo youth product follows in the footsteps of Takumi Minamino in leaving the Osaka outfit for the Austrian club after the current Japan and Monaco attacker made the move in 2015.
Kitano made his J1 debut in 2022 and represented Japan at the U-20 World Cup in 2023 in Argentina.
He is set to leave Cerezo after their home game against Shimizu S-Pulse on Sunday and signs a contract with Salzburg pending a successful medical.
AloJapan.com