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Official: Japan international defender Yukinari Sugawara, Serie A's only Japanese player this season, joins Cagliari on loan from Southampton

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Japan international defender Yukinari Sugawara has joined Cagliari on loan from Southampton until June 2027.
  • Cagliari and Southampton announced on the 2nd that they had completed the loan transfer, making Sugawara the only Japanese player in Serie A this season.

Yukinari Sugawara, described as Serie A's only Japanese player this season, has made another loan move in Europe. The Japan international defender is leaving Southampton for Italy's Cagliari on a deal running until June 2027.

Cagliari and Southampton officially announced on the 2nd that they had completed the transfer. Sugawara, 26, joins from Southampton, now in England's second tier, on the final day of the European transfer window. After a loan spell in Germany, he will spend another season on loan, this time in Italy.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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