Kiyotake leaves Sevilla for a return to Cerezo Osaka

Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake has left La Liga side Sevilla and is making a return back to his homeland and his former club, Cerezo Osaka.

The 27-year-old attacking midfielder moved to the Spanish side from Hannover 96 in 2016 for a transfer fee worth €6.5 million and has so far made only 4 La Liga appearances for Rojiblancos during which time Kiyotake managed one goal.

And with Walter Montoya coming in during the January transfer window, doors of the first team got shut in front of the Japanese international.

In effort to get his career back on track and earn first-team football, the Japanese international opted for a return home and to the club he spent two years at from 2010 to 2012, the Spanish media outlet AS has confirmed.

Details of Kiyotake’s move to Japan are undisclosed, but Sevilla have reportedly agreed to let their player leave on a free transfer.