Japan national team FW Daizen Maeda (24), who was playing for Yokohama F. Marinos in the Meiji Yasuda Life J1 League, has already joined Celtic under the direction of Ange Postecoglou due to a loan transfer. It seems that Daizen Maeda was already victim of racial discrimination. The English newspaper “Daily Record” reported on the 4th.
According to the newspaper’s report, someone wrote maliciously on the page introducing Daizen Maeda on Wikipedia. It is said that there was a prejudiced wording “Daizen Jap Hun Skelper Maeda” in full name. In addition, false information that “made an offensive remark once morest Celtic’s rival Rangers” was stated, but it has been deleted as of January 2, this year.
Daizen Maeda has already traveled to England. In an official interview with the club on January 1st this year, he talked regarding the background of joining Celtic and his enthusiasm for the first overseas challenge in his career.
When Daizen Maeda joined Yokohama F. Marinos last summer, he started in 33 games in the J1 league this season, scoring 23 goals. In the match once morest FC Tokyo in Section 35 held on November 6, last year, he was the top scorer in the J1 league with former Brazilian national team FW Leandro Damian (32), who belongs to Kawasaki Frontale. In addition, he participated in three games in the middle of the Tokyo Olympics men’s soccer competition as a member of the U24 Japan National Team, and was also called to the A National Team during the National Team Week last November.