FC Augsburg http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hajime-Hosogai-c15567 extends his stay at the club - Bundesliga II News
FC Augsburg defender, Hajime Hosogai, has revealed that he has no plans of leaving the club and would continue representing the newly promoted Augsburg. The Japanese International insisted that he is delighted to see the club’s continuously growing graph
and was looking forward to play in the Bundesliga first division from the 2011/12 season.
The full-back mentioned that it would be a dream come true to play first division football and congratulated his teammates who made it possible for Jos Luhukay’s side to qualify for 1. Bundesliga. He also hailed his manager whose untiring efforts paid off
in the end.
The 24-year-old landed at Impuls Arena in 2011 after joining from Bayer Leverkusen on loan. Since then, the defender has managed only seven league appearances and has no goals to show for his efforts. He also has made five appearances for the Japanese national
side since making his debut in 2010 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paraguay-c2979. His first and only goal so far came against South Korea during the 2011 AFC Asian Cup semi-final.
Hosogai expressed his delight upon qualifying for the first division football and wished to perform in the same vein from where they had left. FC Augsburg finished second in the table behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hertha-BSC-c39521 with 65 points and qualified for the Bundesliga alongside
the leaders.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Urawa-Red-Diamonds-c40835 player enthused that he has agreed upon a contract extension and would hope to serve Augsburg for a long time.
Talking to his own website, the defender added, "Next season, I will continue to play for promoted Augsburg. It's been officially decided. I'm pleased I managed to fit in with Augsburg who were already doing well when I arrived."
The defender just recently won AFC Asian cup with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Australia-c746 in the final that was played at the Khalifa international Stadium, Doha. He won the AFC Champions League with Diamonds in 2007 and the Japanese Super Cup in 2006.
Now the defender has hoped to perform well against some other top clubs in the first division and wished his side all the very best for the next season.
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