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Honda to join Singapore side FC Jurong

Keisuke Honda
 
Keisuke Honda

 Former Japan international ⁠Keisuke Honda will continue his global goal-scoring ​quest in Singapore ​with the 39-year-old midfielder joining FC Jurong from next season, the club announced on Friday.
Honda has represented 11 club teams during his career including AC Milan and ⁠CSKA Moscow and last played at club ⁠level for Bhutan's Paro FC in 2024.
Honda's travels have taken him from Japan to Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, ‌Russia, Italy, Mexico, Azerbaijan and ​Lithuania and ⁠he has scored goals in competitions ​across six continents.
'I will ‌be 40-years-old this year, and I have various challenges, such ​as the Guinness record for scoring goals in multinational leagues, but the first thing I want to achieve at this club is to win the league,' ‌he said in a statement.
'There are about ​two strong opponents, so it will be a ​very ‌difficult ⁠challenge, but I will definitely achieve it.'
A satellite club of Japan's Albirex Niigata, the team ​has rebranded as FC Jurong for ⁠the 2026-27 ​season as part of an overhaul.
Honda earned 98 caps for Japan and scored at three consecutive World Cups from 2010 to 2018. ​He served as head coach of ​Cambodia's national team from 2018 to 2023.