The Japan International has stressed that he needs to work hard to establish himself in Europe while expressing optimism about booking a place in FIFA World Cup 2014.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitesse-c40905 Arnhem, has insisted that he still has to further develop his skills to establish himself in Europe.
The Japanese ace started his professional career at Yokohama F. Marinos in 2006. However, the 25-year-old failed to impress during his four-year stay at Nissan Stadium, and was loaned twice to Avispa Fukuoka and Sagan Tosu respectively
before joining Ventforet Kofu in 2010.
Havenaar netted a impressive 37 goals in 63 J. League Division 1 matches. His consistent performances at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Kofu were enough to convince the Vitesse management to lure the Japanese hit-man at GelreDome
Stadion in the January transfer window, earlier this year.
The highly-talented attacker has stressed that he needs to continue working hard in order to establish himself as one of the best strikers in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753.
“The fact that I’m tall isn’t everything, because I still have lots of things to work on in order to establish myself in Europe. I’m aware of that, and I know what I need to focus on”, Havenaar was quoted as saying to FIFA.com.
The lanky striker, who has thus far donned the jersey of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858.
The Blue Samurai are drawn in the Group B of the final qualifying round of AFC alongside Australia, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oman-c2975. The Japanese ace knows that his side will face a stern test against the Socceroos, but has expressed confidence
that they can emerge victorious.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Australia-c746 are a good team and will make it difficult for us. But we’ve beaten them in the past and we can do it again. We’re better than we were, and we’re still improving. I’ll say it again, we’re looking more solid with every
passing match”, Havenaar concluded.
Japan will kick-off the final qualifying round against Oman at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on June 8.
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