{"id":4234,"date":"2026-04-10T04:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:30:48","slug":"keisuke-honda-joins-singapore-premier-league-side-fc-jurong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/keisuke-honda-joins-singapore-premier-league-side-fc-jurong\/","title":{"rendered":"Keisuke Honda joins Singapore Premier League side FC Jurong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albirex Niigata Singapore announced on Friday the signing of former Japan international Keisuke Honda for the 2026\/27 Singapore Premier League (SPL) season.<\/p>\n<p>The club, which will be renamed FC Jurong next season, confirmed that the 39-year-old will join in August in a playing capacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are pleased to announce that Keisuke Honda will join FC Jurong for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teGsf3Lgsc\">https:\/\/t.co\/teGsf3Lgsc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcacFor the full comments from Keisuke Honda, please check our official website.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fcjurong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fcjurong<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/albirex?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#albirex<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/albirex_s?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#albirex_s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJ5hOzAwlf\">pic.twitter.com\/JJ5hOzAwlf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Albirex Niigata FC (S) \/ \u30a2\u30eb\u30d3\u30ec\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u65b0\u6f5f\u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb (@ALB_S_FC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALB_S_FC\/status\/2042422322896990279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted to have the opportunity to play for FC Jurong. As I turn 40 this year, I am pursuing several personal challenges, including a Guinness World Record for scoring in the most countries\u2019 top leagues,&#8221; said Honda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, my primary goal with this club is to win the league title. There are a couple of very strong rivals, so it will be a tough challenge, but I am determined to achieve it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Honda enjoyed a decorated career around the world, with notable spells at CSKA Moscow, AC Milan and Melbourne Victory, as well as earning over 90 caps for Japan.<\/p>\n<p>His last club was Bhutan Premier League side Paro FC in 2024, while he also managed the Cambodia national team from 2018 to 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albirex Niigata Singapore announced on Friday the signing of former Japan international Keisuke Honda for the 2026\/27 Singapore Premier League (SPL) season. The club, which will be renamed FC Jurong next season, confirmed that the 39-year-old will join in August in a playing capacity. We are pleased to announce that Keisuke Honda will join FC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/keisuke-honda-joins-singapore-premier-league-side-fc-jurong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keisuke Honda joins Singapore Premier League side FC Jurong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-4234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4234"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4239,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4234\/revisions\/4239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}