PODGORICA, Montenegro: Montenegro is an unlikely magnet for Japanese footballers hoping to catch the eye of the major European leagues.

Some 40 Japanese are playing in 22 professional clubs in the Balkan country with a population of just over 600,000 amd around 140 have so far played in the former Yugoslav republic.

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