LaLiga Santander: Sevilla FC to open seventh soccer academy in Koriyama, Fukushima (Japan)

"Sevilla FC (LaLiga Santander) has signed an agreement for the opening of the seventh Sevilla FC soccer academy, in the city of Koriyama, located in the Fukushima province of Japan -- a country where professional football is at the height of expansion," the club announced on 19/10/2017.

"This agreement allows Sevilla FC to continue its process of internationalisation and lend a helping hand in the development of an area that greatly suffered following the nuclear disaster of March 2011," added the club.

"The signing of this agreement that will allow us to open a new academy in Fukushima constitutes another step forward in the growth of Sevilla FC on a global scale. This project will place us within an emerging and important country in the world of football, somewhere we hope to successfully establish our academy model," said José Castro, president of Sevilla FC.

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