MILAN (Reuters) - Han Kwang Song, the first North Korean player to score in Italy's Serie A, has joined champions Juventus on loan from Cagliari.
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Han was included in the list of transferred players which was published by the Turin side on Tuesday although Italian media said he would be included in the Juventus under-23 team which plays in third tier Serie C.
The 20-year-old joined Cagliari in 2017, making his Serie A debut against Palermo and scored his first goal in a 3-2 defeat at Torino in April that year.
He was loaned to second tier Perugia for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, making a total of 36 Serie B appearances and scoring 11 goals.
Han caught the eye at the 2015 Under-17 World Cup in Chile, where North Korea made it to the last 16.
He was also a stand out at the 2014 Asian under-16 Championship in Thailand, where he scored in every match except the semi-final and led the North Koreans to the title with a 2-1 win over South Korea. Han scored the opener in the final.
(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Toby Davis)