Hiroshi Kiyotake hopes the lessons he learned in Europe will help him win a title with Cerezo Osaka as the Japan midfielder returns to the J. League after a 4½-year absence.
"I learned the mentality and attitude to fight," Kiyotake said Sunday, a day after joining Cerezo for preseason training camp. "I had to take a hard look at myself as a footballer, and that may have been the best thing to happen to me.
"I want to play hard, even in training. I want to show by example and not by words."